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PARLIAMENTARY
OR
CONSTITUTIONAL
Hiftory of England,
From the earlieft Tim.^s,
T O TB E
Piflblution of the Convention Parliament that
reftored King Charles II.
Together with an
APPENDIX
O F
Several Matters relative to the foregoing Hiftory, which
were either omitted in the Cojrfeof it, or have been
ient in to the Compilers fincc the Publication of the
Ibrincr Parts of this y?ork.-
Tu Japiitu fintrt memmtat
VOL XX III.
rromtheMeetJng'of theParliMneiit,aftCTafl|ortii\<i;oumment AWw-
■ i**-6, rotheDiflbliftionof it, i)frtc«i<r'zg, 1660.
L O N D. O Ny
nted for J. and R. Tonson, and A. Mular, in the
Sirandi and W.> Sandby, in FUiufimC
MDCCLXIII." ' X'.ooojc
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EDITORS- to the READER.
TH E Conclufive Part of this long and tedi-
ous Work, brings it down to the Period
we at nrft intended. — We cannot, without Pain,
look back on tltc Rocks and Precipices, noi' the .
barren Plains and irihofpitable Mountains, we
iiave pafled over to gather thefe Anecdotes, during
a Coui^e (^ more than twelve Years Peregrination.
And when we acqdaint our Reader th:.t we have
goAe through all our antient Monkijh Hiilorians,
^ v^cll as Modem ones j the Parliament Rolls
''lMd-R«cordi9 i the Journals of the Houfe of Lords
■B& MaaufcriptA thofe of the Commons in Print,
Page by Page j add to thefe whole Cart-Loads,
461 we may wdtl call them, of olrf Pamphlets. and
sprinted Speeches of the Tirnes, he wilJ not thjnk
ifee Alk^ry uied above to be unjuft.
. 'W© bfltcrtd upon this Hiftory, at firft, with a
-■Vietw-tfeatiit^raight all be comprized in Three or
■peur VolitoiesiatoK^; and, indeed, the firft Five
'HiJddrtid Ycirs of Parliamentary- Proceedings- in
iMs-Xin^dom are contained in'Fbut : But then the
«}4Aer Reign's,; as thofe Titnfts arc inorfi nearer our
i^t6ftftt Age, afford a greater Light, and have
Vol. XXIII. a2. jiiul-
[ i" ]
«a!jltiplied to that Degree we fcarcc could put any
^ound? to thcm-r-What ftill fucceeds to our Pe-
riod js copious and ample, eafy to trace out» an4
}ias been travelled oyer bef<?re This Hiilory wa«'
■ ever thought of i and indeed was, in feme Meafurc,
%hc Gccafion of it, for that former Performance
feemed tp ys qs a Tail without a Head. We havq
it lerigtb "fixed on a Head ; but hpw they agree
tDgejhej-muft beleft to the Jiidginentof the Public,
We fliajl not defcant on the Merits or Perngrijs^of
the ^(irRamentary Debates : W« fl>aU onjy igy^
what we know to be true, that tijey were a.Bppk-*
filer's Work, and. that we had np Concern ifl-Ui
jjor any H*ii4 in thitUndertakiag. ■ ■ - '.-.i-ti
Thp Parliament whiph begui^ in idie Yc^r 164^0^
^d ended npt, fully, till twenty y^ars af^, ibW
furpiihf^ fo many ^Iate^i^s for, Xhie Werkt. .«?
has bfQught it to the engnpops Si^eit now^ftaiiifc
at, being the Cop^ts of "no >ft. th»n Fiftcsp
Volttn^fS ; An4 yet the-Subje<^-rMatJ*r of tho^ '
Times is fo yery . jntereftin^, . ffjj V!I^ ifti^tt^T
tive a Leflbn' to the prefent Age, and'toall Pofte-
.fily.jis would beaf no curtailing .ptAtwidgeinftnt.
fi Rev^cijd freiate, whp live^ in* ^dw^tejlfe
iTiftoFy very near^ thpfe Tinjce,. fpe^lyng'of ;d¥
pc;aceful Reign, of ^^w^Kj» whifh^c(j?F4e^;tp
^he loi^g Civil W^s of the ^twnafff, wbcp l;h^
mofl of their |>erfe<^ Hi^Prians appeared^ a^f,
«« A(^
If And It &&fis to me that wc may cxpeft the fim$
f Progress amoogft us. There lie now ready in
f * the fianK the moft memorable Aftions of tjyentjr
/.*; Year,s s a Subjeta of as great Dignity and V*-
f ricty as ever^jalTed under any Man's Hands j the
" Peace we now enjoy gives Leifure and £o(:qu-
,'* ragcment enough j the Effects of fuch a Work
," would be wonderfully advantageous to the Safety
f of our Country, and to his Majefty's Intercft j
** for there can be no better Means to prefcrve hit
." Sulgcds in Obedience for the future, than to
*' give them a full View df the Miferies that
.'* attend Rebellipp. There arc only therefore want-
.'« ing> for the finifhing of fobravcan Undertaking,
•• the united Endeavours of fome ' public Minds,
," who are converiant bojh In. Ijetters and Bu-r
V finefs ; And 'i it*were ai^mted to be the La-
** hour of one or two Men to compofe it, and of
'* fuch an AfTembly to revife and correft it, it
•* might certainly challenge all the Writings of
** paft or prefcnt Times ♦",
This is a very high Charafter of fuch a Work,
and we much doubt whether our Labours can de-
fcrvc fijch an Encomium. However, we have
done our beft ; we have preferved many Anecdotes
. jof utibfe Times from utter Ruin arid Oblivion.
And if we have not drefled up our Hiftory in fuch
• Sprat's Hiftory of the Royal Society, Part i. p. 44-
yoL.XXIII. a 3 pompous
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J)JMnj}iOUs LartgUagfc as others of oar contempo-
riry Writers, in* this Way, have done, we ia.^
■we never ftudied it ; , our whoJtf Aim has been at
■Trudi and Impartiality, and we never fought to
lofe Sight of either, for the Sake of-a well-tum'd
PeriotU, ■ ■ '
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Parliamentary HISTORY
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r-T thenextMcetingof .tbisConven-An, iio.ll<
i don Parliament, which was biit fepa- i^'So.
I ratad by A<ljoiiriiment..to this Day»' « " i— '
r Wwfflito- 6, there were no Ceremo- "'"*'""•
I nies ufed ; the Jeimiali of both Lords
and Coounoos bcD^dnii^ .wjth Stiii-
n^fs, as if tliere bad only been anintenniffipnibr one
Day. TlieHoufeofLordcbeinginfornjedthat^nnce
their Rccefs, the Cing had beAi pleafed to confer tbe
Honour of Peerage <mi the Lord-Chancellor ffj^t
their LoixHhips bnlered his IntcoduAlon in the ufual
Manner ; and, bang created Baron of Hinden^ he
was placed on the Baron's Seat as the youngeft Ba-
ron, where he fat a- while, and afterwards rcfumed his
Place again, on d» Woollpack, as thcii; Speaker.
The very firil Thing the Commons did, after
their Meeting, on a Motion made by. Mr- Hungtr-
fardy was to vote the Sum of io,ooo^> .to be pre-
Tented to the Princefs -f^mmrr^, tbc.^ing's Siuer»
' who, Gnee their Reeds, hid cotne oyer with the
Queen-Mother from-i^r<i«/ ; the . latter after ^n
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• "^^'-^'Abfenccgf nineteen Years. It wis aWo moved, fey
_°' . Mr. Siroudt to cOTigratulate the Qucen'» (afc Ani-
fattnber. v^'- ^<^ which were agreed to by the Lords vciy
chcarruUy. .
The Qucencame over at a very uiJucky Time;
for juft before her Arrival died her youngeft Son,
; Htnry Duke of Gkuct/itr, a Prince of great Hopes,
and confequently much lamented. Mr. Htingtrfird
moved the Commons again to dcfire the King to
appoint a Faft for this Breach in the Royal Family ;
but this Alotion not being fecoodcd by any enf, it
dropped.
ThcX:irfrk of this Houfc read the Articles of what
Bufmels was in Preparation, when they fat laft and
adjourned. After which M^. KmghtUy moved for
a Settlement of the Militia ; which was feconded by
Mr, Bedbrda. To which Sir Ifynry Cbilmltj re-
plied. That the Militia was already in the King's
Hands i that it had let them together by the Ears
once before ; and defired it might be let alotte : But
Scijeant Cheritm, Sit Jtahnj Jriy, and Sir iThmOs
Bhtdumtb^ moving ftrongly for a Bill* a Committee
was appointed accordingly to prepare and bring one
in.
Next, on a Motipn of Mr. Lm/thtrj a Call of the
Hbufe was appointed to be on diis Day Se'nnight.
At the fame Time Sir JtAn Nertbat moved. That
every Member might be examined, whether they
had taken the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy.
Mt. PrjntUi Whether every one had paid his Poll
Money according to his Degree. This Bill being
found defeSive in the Money propofcd to be raifcd
by it, Sir fViUlant Morrict, feconded by Mr. Chaftt
moved to have it amended j and faid'. The Defi-
' cicncy came from the Indulgence and Kemiflhcfs of
the CommiffioncTs ; and added. That a Review
wbuld be as necclTary as the Gleanings after bad
Reapen. Mr. Prymu fpoke in Favour of die Com-
millioners, and dieir Diligence in furthering die
Colleaioni faying, That, to his Knowledge, th?y
had written above 1500 Letters about it : But Mr.
Speaker urging the Neccffity of a Review upon the
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AficBinentt erf* ill Corporxtioiu, wbo had tax'd thrmrdves (09
partially, it was referred to a Committee tO confider of this
Poll Bill and ih? D^cQa ifaereof, and to prepare and bring in
another Bill, for the better Supply of the Public Service.
Sir IViiUam D'Oilty reported from the Committee for difband-
ing the Anny, what Progrefs hath been made in that Service,
declaring what Forces they ha?e paid off} what Sunu have been
paid to every particular Grarrifon, Regiment* Troop, and Com-
pany, and for difcharging of Ship*, u alfo what Forcet are not
paid off ; with an Eftimate what Money will be necellary to pay^
off the Land Forces to the 6th (^ Neven^ Inftant, and the Ship*
to the 17th of Sfpttmbtr laft : And what Money, both cenain
and cafual, the Parliament hatb conligned to thofc Ufcs, with a
Balance between the Chargc,«nd the Money coniigned, the Sub-
fiance whereof is as iblioweth, vis,
Difbanded in England.
I. s. i.
Twcniy-two Garrifons - 10023 *^ 71
General Officera with 7 , ^ , (
the Train * *'^4* " "
Fifteen Regiments of Foot 117966
Four' Regiments of Horfe 55353
Six Ships paid off '— 23COO
Difbanded in Satknd.
General Officers and Train 797 i
ESnbirgbGaxi'^on — 206 '
Two R^mentt of Foot . 20149
OneReigmcntt^Horfe 11263 10 9 .
.36.
o 6>
II 2 I
o 3J
.0 1
18 \
I 9 J
(.
317986 3 9
31416 14 8i
fj,l 1684.6 8 10 1
Fom?to be diibaoded EnglanJ.
Eleven Ganifons 'S^?? 4 O"*
Three Regiments of Foot 39308 13 o|
Kine Regiments of fforfe, %
with the Life- Guard o'
Horfe
Nineteen Ships, bvEftimate 138132 10 0}
Forces to be diuiandcd in Scatkmd^ or paid off.
Garrifons — 3118 <
Four Regiments of Foot 486S5 1
Maj. Gen. Morgan's Troop 3636
Lord Falkland i Regi- 1 . t.
mem of Horfe ^ } "'=='*^ « ^
350402 18 $\
359734 IS 10.
75681 14 6
Total 435416 10 4
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, Befides divers Sums falltog under fevcnl Heads, in tbe find Re-
, ppit fpecified.
'Monies appointed by Parliament to pay oiF the Forces by Lam)
and Sea.
/. s. d. I. s. d.
Afdgnations on the three "l
Months AfTeffment, I .
commcncingyaw 24, f *3°<'0
1660 J
And — — — ^ 40000
% thc,PoIIBi!I, eftioiatcd'at2ioooo
Two Months AlTeflments 1 40000
413000 o o
So there wants, to anfwer the Sum paid, and-t
the Chat^e of the Forces to be difbanded, I g j> ,,
amountingtogetherto685,8i9i 81. ^^d. f *7"»9 ' » y*
' the Sum of J
Befides the laid otticr Sums from cafual and 1
uncertain Charges, eftimated at: J 'S^ooo °
413000 ,
And fo the Money to be onWided on tJic 1 a o •
clear Balance is } +"819 8 o.
The Total of the Monthly Charge, by tandi
and Sea, in £ff^^ni/knd ^C0r/«n^,-undif- r 32653 12
banded, is, by the faid Rcpoft, computed at J
He ahb reported an Account of the Monies'! " ■ ■ ' ''■' • -■ '
receivediflto the Trcafury of the Chamber L - , o
ofLmdm, at Gwi^/'*tf, upon the Account f '3*<>5 4
of the Poll Bill, amotinting to J
Received upon the Loan -~ — . — — ^4445 o o
Jn Tett 97630 4 Q
Of which paid by the Book _ — — 8637615 4
Refling in CaOi, to balance — — — '1253 8 8
Which faid lafl-mcntioned Account wa» read.
Sit Anthony Irby moved to return the King moft hearty TTianlcs
for his great Care of the Church-Government, in his late gra-
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aoiu Declaration concerning Ecclefiaftica) Affain* ^^ » Cu- Ut
and tof make sui A€t for confirming it. This Mo- . ' ,
tion was fccondcd by Mr. Banfiild a.t\d Mr. Sttvtnsi na^vaha
which laft laid. They might fee by thiSi that when
the King wai feparatcd from his People in Body* yet
he was not fo in Heart. Mr. Lawthtr movedj
tliat the whole Houfe might go to ihe King to g^ve
him Thanlcs; which was voted, ntm, con. to ba
done that Afternoon. Mr. Barttn was not for
making a Law, as yet, upon the King's Declara-
tion, bccaufe it referred to the calling of a Synod.
Seconded by Mr. Chafe and Mr. Harris ; and that
the Book of Common Prayer Ihould be read In the
Houfe. Sir Thtmai Ckrgts faid. That be was not
againft the laft Motion, but that the CommoB
Prayer was never read in the Houfe, and moved to
have a Law to confirm the Declaration. Mr. An*
rufity was for referring of i; to a Committee to con-
fidcr of it, and prefent it to the Houfe. Mr. Ailing
for appointing a Day putpofely to take this Matter
into Confidcration, arid not to do it too fuddenly.
Sir thumas Meirts was againft making any Ai^ at
all, hut to' leave it to a Synod. ^\t ']shn Majbaniy
againft taking it now into Con fide ration. Mr. Be-
dwda was for It. However Mr. Prynne and Mr.
?a. Stevois moving for a Reference tq a Coraipittee)
It was voted accordingly.
Mr. Ttiaiins refumed the other Argument about
the Common Prayer, and was for having it read in
the Houlie ; in which he was feconded by Mr. Finch.
The Speaker faid, He never heard It read in th^
Houfe ; but added, There was a Form of Prayer in
the Journal-Book, which was ufed to be read by the
Speaker. The Lord Bruce moved for having the
Common Prayer read in the Houfe, or fome other
fetForm, and not to leave it toto the Spirit of Men.
Sir /falter Erie reproved his Lordthip for fpeaking
fo meanly of thofe who prayed by the Spirit.
Mr. BamfieU faidy He found, nothing amifs in the
MiniftefsPraycrs;. ■;Mr. C/ayjoB, for a fet Form j
and Mr. Pr^font moving for the old Forai, it was ,
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1 c»t. n- voted to refer it to a Committee to inquire out the
'* ^ . old Form, and prefcnt it to the Houfe.
Nmembtf J. This Morning, at the Meeting of
the Houfe, the laft Affair was renewed. After their
Minifler had officiated, Mr. Bamfitld moved. That
aFormof Prayer might not be enjoined him till the
Cemmittee had made their Report, which was re-
ferred to them the Day before j and faid. That the
Mafs might be introduced as well as a good Form,
if it was done without Order. Upon this the
Speaker excufed the Miiiifter from any more Ser-
vice till the Form was ordered.
A Bill for preventing the Exportation of WoqII,
Wooll Fells, Mortlings, Shortlings, Woollen Yarn,
Wooll Flocks, Fullers Earth, and Fulling Clay, on
Pain of Death, was this Day read, on ihc Motion of
Mr. Knighiy a/econd Time and committed. Mr.
Stfvttu moved, That the Hrll Fault mightoot extend
to Death.
A Bill for ereding an Endowment of Vicarages
out of Rectories, appropriate, was read a fecond
Time. Mr. Bodurda moved. That the King might
be defired to do the like out of fuch Impropriations
as belonged to him, and that the Colleges in each
Univeifiiy might do the fame. ?i\i Thamas Mttnt
added. That all liayjnen Should be obliged likcWife
to do it : Which was obje£led to by Sir Hetaagi
Fiach, as not lilting to clog the Bill with Gentle-
men's Eftates. Mr. Prynat faid, The Labourer
was worthy of his fliie ; and moved that the Bill
might pafs. Serjeant Charlton was for having it
extend to all Impropriations. Serjeant Hales was
not for all, becacife he thought it might. obflrui5l the
Bill- Several Members, as, Serjeant Majnard,
Sir Thomai Clarga, Mr. "thmas^ Mr. Criuch, ^e.
fpeaking for a Commitment of the Bill, It was or-
dered accordingly.
Sir Heneagt Fiacb brought in a Bill for an Anni-
Tcrfaty Faft on the 30th of January, unlefs of a Sun-
day^ for ever, Alfo to attaint Oliver CrtmweS, and
diveis'
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imva othetB, Adon in the borpd Murder t£ the^n. isCw. n.
hte King* vyhich had already fuffl^ed, or were dead, ^'*°' .
Xbis Bill wu read a firft Time } and Mr. Prjsav NA>taA«<
fayingt That fince the Traitors heretofore read their
AA for the Trial of the King twice tether, be
dcfired this might be read a^in \ which wat done
and committed. Mr. Prynnt alfo moved. That V
flxHild be rrferred to thit Committee, Whether ibe
reft that are condeinned Ihould be evecuied. Sir
Antbmj Irbj moved. That all tl)eir juft Debtf
ihould be confidered and fatisficd ; but that their
-Eftates might remain to ihc Crown for ever. Ser-
jeant Cbarkm moved alfo for another Bill, in rel»-
' tion to thc^e who ftood excepted out of the A£t' of
general PardtKij as to future Pain* and Penalties
not extending to Life, or clfe to be inferted in a
Claufe of ^i» Bill j all of whtcb' was ordered ac-
-cordiogl^.
iftwinbtr 8. Bufinef* and Debaitei began row to
etow flack in the Houfe of Conwions, nothing of
Moment bnng done there i but that Mr. AnneJUy
■ made a Report, That the Q^en had returned her
Thanks to the Houfe, for 'the Senfe ihcy cxpref-
fed for her fafi; Arrival : As did alfo the Princets
, Royal and thePrincefs fittirieftay for their Prefcnts
from the Parliament. The latter expref&ng her
, great Affedion, and acknowledged the great Kind-
~ nela of the Houfe ; but excufed herfelf that flie could
not do it fo well in the Englijh Tongue, whi^h fhe
defired to fupply with an EngUjh Heart, (a).
It was then ordered, That the ^ill of Sales Cor
. Bifbops Lands, &« , be revived ; and that the De-
bate concerning the Court of Wards. be taken up on
' the 19th Inftant.
Sir Georgt Diwaing moved to revive the Com-
nu'ttec for the Woollen Maniifafiure of this King-
. dom i and defired they might alfo confider.thc State
of the Pilchard of Herring fiOwry.; .and the Settle-
. nwnt of the Etf/i-India Company -j which was or-
dered
(ii)TUtPiiiKibvu bom tt Exiltr, in the Midllor ihe iMe.
IronUci, anS ftolen' iirty by her GoTcraet, when Ac wai Ul In-
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ii^-n^iltMiti. Likewife, dn a Motion of HCr. Kh^^
1^— 't'' . agiinft planting of Tobacco in Bn^Mit, it was re-
timaAs^. **"«'' **> 'he ftth« Committeij. ,
* Refolved, That the Cotnihittee for examining
the Debts of the Army Brtd l^avy, arid other public
, ' Debts of the Kln|doni, be alfd ietfivcd, and that they
retwrt the fame to the Hotife/
• Ordered, That the Kill fof applying the De-
ftas of the A£t for Poll Mm^ be fpcedily |lrepit«l
4nd brought iri*
NavemStr <). Sii' Btmy Chi^tby deliVered « Pett-
'tion to the HoUfe from fffrrfn^M ^mrf£'f>, Efc}..
a Member, [Son to Sir Jabn Bmt^hirt; ithb Iria one
•of the King's Judges) iri Behalf o£ his Fatfier} he
hlmfelf having^ Beeii concerned }n Sir. Ghrgt BMh't
Affair, and, with others* very adiw in it, Sif Wk^y
moved for Favour to him on that Score ; and^ beii^
feconded by Mr. KnightUy and Sir fnOiam Lnoiit
•ft was referred to the laft-namedCommittn on the
■Biliof Attamder.-
Mr. BartmtakAt the like Motion iti Behalf of
Sti Richard Muuiteo'er, vAidfe Fatbfer frxi alio one
ef the King's J^dget; and Sir Ailn Bfedtrieit for
Sir tiarry Lte, vfho hi& married the Heii'efl Of
Sir yehn DanVtri,- another of the Regicides. Mr.
.Prjinw argued for Wtainting them all, and then leave
their Lands'to the King's Mercyi' which was fe-
' conded hy Mr. Knight % but fevenl others moving
to r^r thietn to the Ctunmittee, tfaejr Were ordered
accordingly.
Ntvtmbtr 10. This Day Sir »?//(<«» *^/*r re-
' ported' fome Amendments in the Bill for the better
Obfervadon of the Lord's Day. Sir J6hn Mafiam
- moved not to ehgrofs the Bill, becaufe it was taken
* Care of in the King's Declaration. Sir Walter BrU
■ fpoke for it; and faid, That, in a former Parlia-
ment, he knew a Gentleman who, detiyiiig fuch a
Bill, fell down dead in the Houfe, he giving his
Voice firft for it, and afterwards apinft it. Which
terHbJe Exaq[iple> we fup^fci fo frightened the
Houfe
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Houfe, that they ordered the BBl to be cnjrofiedAn- ^^'- ^•
without any more Debate abdut it. . " .
Mr. Bamfield moved to have the Bill read againft Harambcr.
grofuic Cuifing and Swearing; which was done.
Mr. Stiptnt approved it, and deliied there might be
a Courfe tal^en ^ainft drinlcing of Healths. Mr.
Sivaman alfo moving. That a Reward {hduld be
^vm to the hiformer, the Bill wu ordered- to be
Inferred to z Committee.
Mi*- f*rrtri brought in a Bill for prc7enting the
^luntaiy Separation, and living apart, of Womeit
from dieir Hufbands : That thpy fliould not be al-
lowed Alimotiyj oc have their Debts paid, if th^
went away without Confsnt).whij;h wnrjCtd a Jirft
Time, and oi^ which a notable Dcbats enfucd^ as
given in our Diary-
Sir jfba Nuriheot ftid. It wv not improper forD*l«" "" «■>•
xa old Man to fpe?k in Behalf of the \^oiiKn j ^w^^M^
perhaps a young Man^ marrying a rich old Woman,froii) tkiii Hsf-
siigbt alfo take it into bis Head to part from bcr,^*"***
axai fo the Woman might be ruined } therefore he
.noved to throw oift £e Bill. S\i jebn p§m.vai
.got for felling too haftily <m this Matter. Mr.
Knight ntovfld for cafting out the Bill, becaufe there
.frere I4WS alr^y againft it; and (aid they onght
noi to lie fo fevere to the Female Kind. Mr. Stt-
ptHs^ That the Bilhop's Court would take C^rc of
fodi Things; and moved Co do nodiing in this
Matter. Mr. HefitiUy to read it again j faying^ He
)wew a Gentleooan who paid 500/. for fais Wife's
pebts ia fix Months Time, Mr. Bampeli faid.
That it was nt Women fliould have a Livelihood ;
aAd yet not to have Power to ruin their Hufbantk by
their own Debts, Mr. Kaightby moved to lay the
Bill afidej but Mr. Prymu bumoroufly fayiag,
Thlt, if they did, thofe that had ill Wives would
call for it again within a Day or two, the Queftion
was put, Whether this Bill mould be read a feccmd
Time on the 1 5th Infbm, the Houfe divided ; and
it was carried for a f«:ond Reading, 1 16 ^airtfi 96,
S'u Malfb Kmght nnA Ui. ffllla^biyt Tellers ibr .
the
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10 7& Pi^Uamet^ary History
Ad. i* Car. Il.thc Yea* i Mr. Htrbert and Ix)rd Ancram for the
. '^_^°- . .Noes.
Nevtmbtr 12. This Day, amongftothersMatters,
Sir Titnuit Clarges reported the Sute of the Public
Debt i of which he gave in an Eftimate as follows :
The Eftimati »f tbi Dibtt pf tht Navy^ in Cbargt
TheDebtiof Che htfort bis Maje/ty't cmirig in.
Amy lad nnj ^of Dlfchai^ of the Officers and Mariners
flited. Wages, Prctvifion of Vifiuals and Stores, and to the
Office of the Ordnance ; and the ordinary and ex-
traordinary Expences of the feveral Yards, the Ac-
count is cAimaied to 678,000 /•
Whereof the Officers and Mariners Wages, to
4fae lotb of NavanhtTj is cxa^ty ilated (over and
' shove the 25 Ships nov under Confideiation, and
bcfides that Number of ShipS' his MajeHy receives
into his Pay] to amount to 24.8,049 I. 01.
The Commiffioners for difhanding the Army
have cftlmated what Money they conceive will tn
brou^t. in upon tho Bill for PoU Money, and tUe
Afleffincnts ; and compute that there mil be want-
ing, to difttand the remaining Part of the Army, and
fuch of the - 15 Ships which are not yet difcha^ed*
die Sum of 422,819/.
His Maj^y'g Commlffioiiers for managing the
Afiairs of the Navy do alfo ofFer, to be humbly re-
prcfented to the G>nfideration of the Houfet that a]!
his Majefty's Stores are now empty, both of Visual
and all other Ncceflaiies for the Fleet ; and that the
Charge of renewing them will amount to 200,00 /.
Which raifes the whole Sum to 1300819 8 o
Of which Sum that which will 1
fcquirea prefent Supply and Ad- |
vancemeAt, to pay off the Officers V 670868 8 o
and Mariners, and totally (jifband j
the Army, is ^ ■
A Debate arofe on the ftating this Account, which
Dckite »poo ^^^ jjjjj^ gj^,^ jj, jijjj Manner : Mr. Knight firft
moved to raifc Money to pay thcfe Debts by a Si*-
Monthi
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Months AffeHmcnL Mt. Prymt bid. The Poll*"-'" c.'- ^l"
Bill had not yet raifed to the Amount ofaio,ooo/. . ' "' .
and moved to nominate a Committee to find out rioiemba.
fome other Way to raJfe Money to pay the Public
J3ebts. Sir Thomat Clargti was for the HouTe to
refolvc itfe!f into a Grand Committee on that Ac-
count. Sir John Ntrtbett morved to Borrow Money
•of the HtUanderi, andgive the ExcUe for Sccanty
an S\x ptr Cent.i VLt. Stfuins' vtaa ioT having every
Member examined, whether he had paid to the Pull
Bill, according to his Degree and EUatc. Sir ^i/-
liam Merrice, m a fet Speech, faid. The Debts of
the Public would be lil» that Serpent in Jmtriea^
. which would eat a Cow at a Meal ; apd, falling
aHeep, the Birds of Ficy devour him ; but if they
break not the Bones of him, be grows as big as be-
fore : So would the Debts of the Nation, he faid, if
|iot fully Ikcisfied and paid off* tc^etbcr : Or like the
Woman's Hen, which fiie roau^d with a Faggot*
Stick by Stick, till the Faggot was fpent, and die
Hen flill raw. But faid it was fitter to do as oftc ,
<lid in Spain to the Inquifttor, who, fending to him
for a DiOi of his Pears, the Man fent him the whole
Tree, becaufe he would not be troubled with the
Inquilitor a»in. He concluded with moving for a
Year's AflefiineDt, at 70,000 /■ a Month, to do it
all with Credit : For the City, he fdid, was too
backward in lending Money, though they had got
more fmce the King came in, than in foroc Yean
before.
This Motion for a Year's Afleflment was feconded
ty Mr. FiiTtpaint and Mr. Jnnejly.; the latter
^■^ingi That it Ibould be fet forth that no more
fuch Tax fhould be laid upon the People. Mr.
ICtung argued againd borrowing the Money from the
Halkinders, to the DiOionour of the Nation. Se-
veral Members be&de ipeaking for a Grand Com-
mittee, the fame was ordered to be the next Morn-
ing.^
CoL Lffcibart, late Governor of Dunkirk, peti-
tioned the Houfe for Money be had borrowed to
fupport the Garrilbo there. After the reading of
which
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An, 1% Cit. U- which Sir Jthn Neriheti ftood up, and faid, He w»
'^^ . «;ainft paying the Dtbts of -that Inftnimcnt to the
WoTwaber. ''?"">' CremweU; but moved to let him go to his
.' JMader for his Debt. Some other Members Tpeak-
inz, pre and em, in dris Affair, it was ordered to be
referred to the Committee for public Dabts, to
NttvtnAtr 13. A further Ad for die better Ex-
^anation of the Poll Bill was read a fecond Time.
Dr. Clayisn moved. That all who were made Lords,
or Knights, by CremwtH, mig^l pay accordii»ly ;
likewife all who took the Name of Doftors of Phy-
fic upon tfiem. Sir Thomat Bludtoerlh was for an
Explanation, v^etlier Capt^ns fliould not pay equal
to Efquirea. ' The Bill was committed to the fame
CoinmtttK that were ordered to prepare It.
According; to the Order of Yeftcrday, the Houfe
refolved into a grand Committee for Confidcratlon
of the public Debts. Mr. Speaker left the Chdr;
and Sinieant Rajtutford was appointed to take Care
oftheftifinefs.
Mr. Knight, Seconded by Sir Hintagi Finch, moved
to raife Money by a Land-Tax. Sir7eAn Nortbett
was fix- not paying any of CramweU's Debts ; and to
leave tlic raifmg Money by a L<sid-Tax to the lafi
Way of all. Serjeant Ma^mrd moved for a Land-
Rate J Mr, Jrtvar, for a Monthly Tax ; and Mr.
Arpujlef, for a Year's Tax. Sir William Vinctnt, for
the fame. Mr. Hinrjffyr/ moved to raife 800,000/.
half by the Excifc, and theothcr half by a Land -Rate;
and idl that would advance Money to be allovred
Eight pgr Cent. Mr. Palmtr urged the Rating the
Debts ; which Mr. Prynni did, but could not fiate
them aJl ; on which the further Confideration of this
Bulinefs was again referred to the ncxtMorning.
A Book, then printed, intituled, Tht Lang, Par-
liament revived, t^ Thsmas Phillips, GepK Was of-
fered to the Confideration of the Houfc, as a Matter
wherein their Privileges were much concerned. —
Ordered, That the faid Phillipi be fenj for into
2 Cilftody,
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Oiftadji, and-tlMUjlMri«fiBiredt*theCanuniMeAa.i>c>r K.
6m- PrivilcgK a-txnniM, (ft. . '"■ .
■^Irtttmitr 14. AccHding to fannsrOiia, dw
:Bill 'MfaiAft Wonai, 'for rdufiag tt> cohabit with
dmrHuflatuh, if idcfiml^ »u tmI -a fccond Tmwj
on V)Mh MMtbct flnrt DebMs cillBcd. Mr. Ar-
my, who bfoi^tin dK'Bdl, ijnken fielnlfofk,
-and ciffitreda f^vifo>t»it. Sir ff^tiUmt LtwU wu
fotcaSaagitoat. Mr. iPonvwCud hewu f(Tr the
BUI, diMi^fae mwr bod a gaod « bwl Wife in Us
Life. 14r. Il^«^, m«t' tlwAnu fc fitvew a Bill
upon the Wncnm, thu, if arSEidgcwu lofcie ftua
Davtr to' C«i/>M, >chb Wmxmsa would aU Imtc this
-Kingdom : TlMtit tMrrfMC innitnd the^^omb;
•MiAEngUndy thatwufonoeriy die'Ha»i«n, -woild
be now the Hell -fofWoaen. Howoter, die .BUI
"was committed.
Tha ftme Daythe Hoofe wsM Mgain en Wiys
■and Moms 'to raife Moaey ; wbsh -Mr. £m ^ld
offing a Petition from finte' Rerftais, who then
waited at the Door, who propofcd to raile 500,000/.
'•^fof ' the ChuTch-Lottds. Col. Sbapat tHiMred to
cake this Propofal into Gonfidaradan ; ' which 'was ,
-oppofed by 4ir iHmegt Finth. Mr. Prymxe mas iar
Inving the Chutch-Ioands -to piy <to 'a gancral AT-
lefiinflnt{ but it Itau notagrecd cd. UowevAr, on a
Motion of Mr. jttmtflig, it «as rcTolTcd, * That a
. Taxof 7o,oeo/. a'Mvntb, ibr fix. Months, ihould
be chained on the Kifegdan, 'to commence on^the
£ift Day of Jamary wdxt i ctifuing : And that Sir
HtiuiOgt FtMB and his idajafiy'e ileamed Counicl be
defired' to ptepare -and abni^; in a. Bill for that
Piupofe.
Nevtmitr 15. Sir jftht Strtbat moKcd the
HooTe, That. a Mcfiage be lent to quickeo die
Lords to difpatcb fucl^ Bills aswere Tent up to them
from thence, particularly <Hie ^inft Papifls ; fince
this -Bill,' which came down from them, was read
prefently. Mr. Knigbt mored to lead itagain i and
Mr. Ym^ lecondiDg Sir Jalm NtrthM, Sir Jtbii
was
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14 ^ ParUamentary HisTcmy
*^ \\^'' "''"" 'M'dercd : to go up to the Lords, to dcfire that
. Houfe to give DifpaCch to fome Bills formerly fert
NoTonber. up> and now depending before their Lordfhips, u
the Bill for confirniing of Marriages ; that of Leafea.
belonging to Colleges and Hofpitals ; the Bill fir
confirming of Magna ChartOy and other Fundamen-
tal Laws ; asalfotbe Proclamation for'puttir^ the
Laws in Execution againfl f^^pifll Rccufants ; being
all Bills of public Importance. To all >vhich Sir
yiihn Horthat brought Anfwcr from the Lords, That
the three Bills mentioned were under ConfideratioDy
and that the Proclaoaatioa ibould alfo be fo, as thty
would learn by Meflengcrs of their own.
This would naturally lead us back to conflder
what the Houfe of Lords had been doing ^11 (his
Time ; but, upon Infpsflion into their "Jaurnaliy wc
find Jioihing before them of any great Moment, ex-
cept fome Things which are already menrioned.
We fbal I therefore go on with the Conmoas, who
ieem to hare the putuic fiufinels of ttie Natuui moft
apoD them at this Time. ,
ixb»te M the -Wwwni/r i6. Mr. Kuigbtliy brought in a_for
MilitiaBiU.' fettling the Miltia of this Kingdom ; w4iich was
read a firft Time, and on which a Debate enfued,
which we give from the I>iary.
Mr. Pitrtptini moved for cafting out this BiH,
becaufe there was Martial Law provided in it;
which, he fakl, would be a Grange Grievance laid
upon the People, and dcfired another Bill niight be
drawn without it. Sir Hauagt Finch faid, That,
whoever brought in Martial Law, defervcd to be
'made the lirft Example of it. Neither could he
ever confent to biing themfelves to be Wards to ati
Army, when they were endeavouring to free tbem-
felves from being fo to the King : But was for a fe-
cond Readily, for the better underftanding of this
Bill. Sit ^elttr BrU faid. He never knew any
Bill that ever intrench'd fo far upon the Subje£ts
Privilege at this did, and moved for another Bill.
Mr. Knight fpoke for this Bill. Mr. Gttdrici faid.
It was one of ths beft and woift Bills that could be
made.
.Xkxwic
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made, ini moved for ah" Alterarion. Several other** *J^* °*
Members^ aaMi.Harriiy Mr. Prymu, Mr. Oiitfe, ^ ' j
and Mr. jfebii Sttvtiu, moved for a fccond Reading, NoMmbct.
and to- have the Bill regulated. Sir Edward Tunur
faid, Tliat it was fitting there fhould be great Care
taken for die Settlement of the Militia i but could not
agree to &t up fiich a Martial Law as Mr. Piireptint
fpoke of i however, he moved for a fecond Read-
iiw. Lord Fttlklmd faid. That the fettling of the
Militia heietefbre occaiioned all their laft Mifchief,
and therefore advifed a fecond Reading. Sir fVtl~
Sam Ltwis moved that the Bill might be read again
on that D^ Sc'nnight, fince many Objedions might
arife, the Bill being of fo great Imporunce as to re-
.quirc muchConfideration about it. Serjeant Oiarl-
ttn txA, There was Reafon for compulfaiy Juitice
fat tbofe who refufe to obey Orders ; and therefore
moved to amend the Bill fpcedily, and read it the
next Morning.
S\i Antbtttylrbj, Sir Riekard Htpiinj, ijtdiAx. j/n-
ntjlty were for allowing more Time, ndiich was till
^ezothlnftanti though, as the Utter faid, the Bill
was well known already ^ which the Houfe ordered
accordingly,
Mr. Prymie offered a Letter to the Houfe, pur-
porting fooie Mifcarriage in one or more of the
Lord -Lieutenants acting as a Conimiffioncr of thfe
Militia : And, after a long Debate, fays ^e Diary,
by feveral Memhers, Whether it fliould be read or
no, as it did come from a Member of the Houfe, the
Speaker inftanced a Letter to the Parliament from
^Xtyahn Hotbam; which had not bfcen read, but
Hat he was a Member : However, die Queflrion be-
ing called for, tjie Houfe divided upon it, when the
• -Noes carried it by i8l againft 105.
TTie Lord Hvward, of the Nordi, moved for
fome Courfe to be taken with the Mofa-Troopers»
on the Borders of Satland, and delivered in a Bill
foi that Purpofe, which was read a firft Time. Sir
yehti Latothtr oppofcd this Bill, as he faid, for
keeping Peace in die Country, and that it mi^t be
done as fiH'inerly. But Sir Gargt DawJiing fpeaking
fot
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1. iiCar.U^or.ijhie Bill, it vras Otdercd uito Confi^eradon Q|t
^J'- ,tbe?pth. '
N^mbtr 17, Mr. ^nigliiley moved for a Cpm-
4nittee ^. bung in ,a3i}l fpi.con&ririing t^ King's
Defla^^tlpn, touching > ^cltleijient ip".thc Church,
iWbi(;h,wjas prdercd accordingly,
Mr. ihnnfos rcporf^ Am^iadinen^ to ^ Bill of
Att^der, with the ffweral Times of (he jude;^
fiitjng iit.;thc Triai,of the King, and figning ll^e
Warrant for Dxecutibn i of thofcp'ho.^cTe tfrertpd
,to further Paiqs ^d Pen^Ucs ,tp,beiiifli^ed on t^^oir
■not extending to Death.
Spme petitions were ofivred to the Houfe, and
jread ^frpm the Sons and f£:irs of fuch .Regicides,
.which n^re referred ba^k to the Committee. , Col.
■Tf^VJipoved to .leave them.all to the King's Mercy.
On -the contfary, .Mr. P.rynne moved to proceed
againft diem all, as in the Cafe of the Powder-
^Traitors, and produced, for Precedent, the feveral
:Boolu,oFPrc«:ecdi)ig> in that Cafe, He deflred. That
aJl thflfe that fat and figned for .the King's Pepth,
.might be attainted, jiotwithftanding the Merits of
. their Children, and then left to the King's Mercy.
.Mr. Pitrtptint fecondcd this loft Motion, and added.
To examine well the particular Merits of the'Chil-
. drcn, before they were recommended to the King.
One Member, ;iot named, maved to bring, in a
Bill apatt, for the Attainder of Cromwtll, ' htten,
Bra40uViitt and Prydi : But we imagipe thcfe Af-
fairs were dropped for the prefent, for there, is fcarce
a Word of them in the Jmtaah,
Mr. Secretary Morr'tci aci^i^ainted the Hpyfe, That
.he h»d found out and e^amioed the Author of the
dangerous Book, called, The Lsng Pflrliament rt-
vivtd. That hisNaipe was ffiuiem Drake; that
he had cpnfelTcd to him he wrote the (aid Book,
which flruclc at the Root of their Proceedings } and
that be was in Cuflody at the Door.
Captain Titus faid. That he knew the Man to
bcaLoyaJift, and a great Sufferer for the King, but
did not believe he wrote the Book, tho' he had the
Vanity
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V«oSw-to owe it. This wui feconded by Mr. ffltfrt."*"- »* C»f. U
And Mr. Bamfieid morcd for flighting the Bufincfs, ' '"' •,
as the bcfi Way to get rid uf it. However, the* Kmwibn. '
PirHbficrwas ordcFtd to be called in, ind being at
ibc Bar, the Speaker aflced him, Whether he wrote
tii« B -ot' which w» then ftwwn him ? He confcf- ^^ XX.
fed hc-Adwiiceicbutftid, Jc wuoutof his DepthtiDi* Book, oU
*f Lojtalty and inregrltf to the King, and for Ae'^.'*' ^■^.
Bwiefeof iheEngduhi : Th»t he hadbcen a great^"^ "^
Siiffefer ^eadyfor the Kayk\ Canfe, and it would be
httd hrdnd to make hhn DOW buffer again fordo-
ing vifau,' he^bougbt, wai right for his Sovereign.
The SpcAiceragHinafkedhim, Whether be bad tbe
Hdp ofiarryone elfe'in It f ''He anrwered. No, he
had no Help but only of the Lord C>i/x Books ; '
and that be put the Name of./*AiA^rto the Book,
tiepaiife he himfelf, being a MerCliant, could not
be thought to write Tuch a Book. Mr. Droh
being with(lra:wn. Sir Jchn Ftiitriei at]d Sir Edmard
Jt&^boih ^ke m his Favou^ Mr. Pryrmt mov-
ed to refer it to a Commlitee. Sir Heatagt Finch
(aid, That Jie Could not think any thing more dan-
gerous than the writing this Book at fuch a Time j
Aat it blew up this Parliament totally, and damn'd '
the A3 of Oblivion) and the Author had Ihewed
himrelf thcgreatcftlnccndiarythat could be, andiKt
his <brmer Merits could not countervail this A3ion.
Therefore he moved to proceed to Juftrcc wrth'hin^,
andthat kc'fhoutd fttind connrfiiited, and the Bufi-
nefs be referred to the Committee of Fiiviiegcs. All
which was ordered ; and that they flioutd read over
the faid Book, examine and ftate the matt-rial Poirnt
that are'otfenfive therfc* and report them to the
H6iife(
Navembtr 19. This Day, accor<fing to formef
Order, the Boufe Ml into a Debate on the Bufinels
of the Court of Wards, and the Scnlement on the
King m lieu thereof,
^t Henry Cholmliy XsiA, That if the King's pre- in^ Coaitof
fcnt Revenee was made up 1 ,200,000^. % Year, t^ WinUtebaM^,
Court of Wards might be fpared, without any fur-
Voi.. XXtll, fi tber
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i. Cir. ll-ther Trouble. Sir Samntl Jimi and Sir fhiiiM:
'^\ . ffiddring^tn moved .to rairc it by the Excife: Mr.
remberi ^"igkt Was for laying Two-pence in the Pound on
all the L^nds in England^ Mr. Pirr/finl sgatnft x
Land lUte ; but to lay it on the Exn(e of Ale and
Seer. Sir 7Z«ffl«j Biuiwrtk againft tbe £xcilk,
and for a Land Rate ; as was Sir JAn Ptiis. Mr.
Mnifley was for placing the Tax upon Land; which, .
be {aid, ought to pay, and not to chai^ it upon the
poor People, by Way of Etcife, He was Icconded by
Sir IVilUam fiacmt. Sir Htntagt Finth moved for re-
ferring it to a CommiKee, to propofe a Method for
failing the Sum required. Mr. KnightUy and Sir
Waltir ErU fpoke for a Land Rate t which was ob'
jeded to by Serjeant CkurlitH, V/ho laid, He nevfer
knew a Land Rate perpetual^ aa tliia muft be. Sir
Giorge Reevu was rather for regulating the Coint
of Wards, than burden the People with Taxes. Sir
yahn FudtrUk for laying it upon the Lindj .which
ought to pay it. Mr. Clifford for any thing but ibC'
Court of Wards. . Sir Jthn Ntrthctt and Mr..
7hBmas againfl a Land 'Rate, and to leave the Pro<
pofal at large. Sir Htnry Ntrtb alfo fpolce ^alnft
. a Land Rate.
Upon the whole, it was relblved to adjourn the
Debate till the aift Inllant.
Kswmbtr 20. Very little Bufinefs of Momcht
happened in the Houfe of Commons this Day, ex-
cept we mention the further Proceedings agaiim Mr.
Draify for writing the Boole, called Th* Ung Far'
iiairunt rtv'tvtd,
tfoni ta Serjeant Raymsfird reported the Refolutioo of the
» in Mr. Committee who examined "that Book, That they
1 Bo(A. ^yj,d feveral oSenfive Pafiagts, in it, particularly
thefe followine, viz.
* All other Parliaments (fpeakiflg of the long Par-
* liameni] have no legal Capacity tilt this b« legally
« dilTolvcd.' p. 6. ■
* The Aft is exprefs,.That by no Means, but
« by an kSt. of. Parliament, it fliall be difibived ;
* which, ai it cannot be done by the dead King,
. ■ * but
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* but may be done by his Succelfor, ft- ought to be *■- *» c*'- "■
} d^llblved, elfe it reaiaiiu in hiU Being and Au(ho- . '^
• ''t?j:l A A- . ; ■ "■ „. • s^^ha.
* The kgal Being of the Long Parliament ts evi-
* iefit.' f>. 16.
'Though many exc^lehc Things have been done
* by this Parliament, yet, their Authority, not being
' legally faijndefl|. ttie N^tlon/can pramife to thea|-
* felves no HappineTs tipF AQur^nce.' p. r6. •
* It were to be wi/hej the Leginative .Authority
^ might revert Into the tight Channel.' p-lT>
_ * That "being a lawful Padiament, this can be
' none.' p. ii, ■•-,.■■
* At the Committee of Privileges, Satuuhjy Nt'
vtmbtr ij, 1660, , . ,
' Rcfolved, iipon the Q^^ion^ . . , '
I. "^ That the Pamphlet, iptitulcd.T^Zjr^ P-tr-RefoIoiioni of
liarnint rivivid, (jfc. a feditioua In thofc ,Pafticu-''"Ce«iiuiie^
lars which were alledgedat the Committee<
■2, * That the Houfc be moved to order, Th»t
the faid Pamphlet be publicly burnt by the Uiinds ot
the common Hangman. ,;" -■...,
3. 'That the Houfe be defired . to. appoint a
Committee for the drawing irp an Impeachment, in
the Name of all ths Commons in England^ .sgainft ,
ff^Siam Draie, fur pcnniogand puhlifliii^ of this
feditious Pamphlet, to be prefented to the I^ords.
4. 'That the Houfe, be; in9ved^ That tfce faid
Tfilliam Prait may b& kept iioder fuch Reliraiat,
that nonp may have. Aqcefs to f|^aL wittihim.'
Our Diary teps us, t\i!it.Si.c Bdwar4,M^0y pre- A D«btt« yjgn
TentedaPeutiontothi;H6,4rc,:fromMr.Z)r<»K ac-"""^ '
knowlcdging his Fauttj ,as Jt,, i;aJh and inconuderate
A^ion i that he had evet retained his Loy^lty^ and
liumbly tagged the King's Pardon and the Favour
of the Houlc. Sir Edi^ark.^ajfey fpoke alfo in hi^
Behalf, faying. That be'rooked upon him to be di-
'ftcmpered, and therefore ijefired the Favour of the
Houfc' For him. Mr. Secretary MorrUe faid. That
Puniflimca; ip the Grtek was the fame as Exam-
ple, an<l that he ought to be made one, becaufe he
. .^CoQt^lc
Zo T6tFarSam*ptary Hi STQKY
la. » Ctfr n.dicl not.owfi their Power ; ^nd pioved to agree with
• '* *?■ - the Committee. Captain. ?*'/» Tpolce highly io bb
Favour, fiTiag, Hedid not think hitn inmibIc,tho'
he knew him to be extremely loyal { but he wanted
that Temperof Mind which h&ought to have } an4
added. That his former Merits Ihould compenrattf
for hia prefent Slip: Lord FelitaMi waa for con*
demning titm JirA, and tfaen leave him to the King*>
Jfcrfcy. Sir Hanj Nctth faid, It was true he had
been loyal, but did not know whether he wa^ lb
then ; and was for agreeing with the Committee,
Mr> ifjA moved to examine him again. Whether'
any one law thb Book and approyed it befor^ it was
j)ubti(bed; and was for agreeji^ with the Commit-
lec. Mr. J^almtr was for making him an Example. ,
Sat Htn*agi Finch faid. The Price of the Book was
raifed, and that every one hoped a|] would be turned
up Ade down again j that the burning the Book was
too tame a Punifbment ; that no Man had MeriJE
enough to expiate the letting the Kingdo^i in a
Flame again j and moved to agree in all with the
Committee. Mr. Anmflef faid. He did agree that ,
the Book was feditious, but the Man repented of it,
and had formerly merited } that it was hard to ruip
a Man for the firft Fauk, and -moved to forbear a
while the Severity of his Ptinifhment, but to burn
the Book. Sir Jthn NtrthnI faid. It was not faf«
nor honourable for them .to fpare him ; ftod moved
to agree iii all with the Committee but the Imprifoo-
ment. Mr. HtwarJ, "Tiiat tte Was a Perfon who
was writing a Meiu Teiel upon the Wall ag^nft
them, and that they would not fo much as rap hiqi
upon the Fiiigers ; that he oughtto be feverely pu-
niihed, by being tied up to the Gallows, wliitft his
Book was burning below it i forifbe, being a Friend,
wrote in that Muiner, what would their Enemies
do ? Sir ytbn Pttti moved to have hirt make a pub- '
lie Recanution wbiMl his ftook was burning. Mr.
Kniihtt to make an Example of him, hotwithibuid-
ing his former Merits.
At JaftMr. Harrii, moving tb put the Refolvei
of the Committee, fiogly, to the Q^efiitui, it -w^
4 vo.eJ,
X-OOQk
. «/ E N G L A N D. , 21
vote*t> mm em- That the fiuak was feditious ; tbAAa. n C*r,' a,
an Impeachment be drAwn agatnA Mr. Orakt ( and ^ }^ .
thttSir//MMj* A'jwAgo upto thoLordi wiihit, the ji„,«t«.
nejR Morning, and carry the Bosk along with him.
But tho' £is PTofecution againft Mr. Drvhvm
Dtdcrcd in To warm and peremptory a Manner, and
that he (bouid remain in Citftody of their Seijeant at
Armtt m do not hnd that the Commons m^de any
great Hafte in it. Whether it was to punifli the
poor Man the mote, by making him lie the longer
in Cuftody, at a great Ejcpence, or the Inierpofitioti
of other Bufoiefs prevented it i yet, (hou^ the Im-
peachnfent was brotight in, read, and ordered to be
iagrofled, on the 26th Infiuit, and the Manner of
prefenttng it to the Lords ordered to be confidered of
on Ae 39th, we hear no more of the Matter till the
^Kb of the next Month, when the Impeathinent was
aftually fcnt up to the Lordi by the Lord FaManJ.
To which Time we refer any ^irtber L^quifition of
this Bu&Dcis.
NtntttAtr 2t. The Gammons went this DxyA^oAv iM>t(
again on the Bufmefe of the Court of Wards, wheaj*'" Cw""^
Sir Htntagt Finch opened the Debate; by moving, *'*' .
That tbe annua) Income to be fetilej on the King,
lA lieu thereof, might be raifed by an Excife un Beer
and Ale, and toi^e awa^ Purveyance Blfo. And
that half of ihii Excife might be fettled for the King's
Life, and th'e other half for ever on the Crown^
Thii Motion was fcconded by Mr. Bumklty anit
l&T.Piertpaint; but Sir Jvbn Frtdtrick, Mr. Jel-
liffi. Sir William Vincent, Mr, AnntJItj, and (ome
c^m, fpoke againfl it. The lalt- named Gentleman-
&ying,. That ir' this Bill was carried, every Man
who earns bis Bread by the Sweat of h^ Brow muil
pay Excite, to excufe the Court of Wards, whidi
wouid'bea greaMrGiievance apon all, than the Court
of War*k WiB to 3 few./ Sir Anthony ifjhiey Caaper
^kragainft the Court of Wards, and for the Ex-
Vi^. --^i. Pryme againfr thri Excife, fayirg, It was
■ntfit to makeftll HoOfe^teepers hohl in Capicf, and'
• ■ ^3 ' to
L\ _...,C".oogIc '
23 The Tarliamentary Histpxt
An. k<:k. M-to free the Nobility: And ftiveighcd, pafltonately,
, '^^°- . fays the Diary, againft the Eitoifei adding. That ■
NoTcinbei.' thofe Lands V'hicb ought to pay^ being held in Ca-
pii»y {boutd pay fli)]. Mr. Bamjitld fpoke on the '
Tanie Side, and laid, Herwas agaitiA an everlafling
Excife, and for laying the Tax on Lands '" Cepite,
Mr. BaliiUn alfo was againft ao Excife, faying. If
it was cdrri' d fu, they mfght expert that, one Time i
OE oiher, there would be feme Arange Commotions
by the common People about it } that be wa« rather
for keeping the Court of Wards, regulated in its
Proceeding*, than fubmit to an Excife, which, if it
was kept up, an Army muft bcfo too to fui^n it.
Sir Yhatnai Ciarges was againft the Excife, IWitig,
That the Rcbeiliofi in NapLi came from Impofiliona .
and Eycifes. , This Debate was. ended by Serjeant
Majnord and Mr, Trtvtr, who both fpoke for an £x>
cife, though thelaflfaid. That nothing but the Court
of Wards t' king away fiiould haVe moved him to it.
At lafV, the Quedion being called for, the HouTe 4i-
vided, the Numbers 151 againft 149, when it Was
refolved, That the Moiety of the Excife of Beer, Ale,
Cyder, Peiry, and flrong Waters, at the Rate it i»U
now levied, fhall be fettled on the King's Majcfly, his-
Heirs and Succeflbrs, in full Recompence and Satif-
faiSion for alt Tenures in C^itiy and by Knight)
Service; and oftheCourtof Wards andLiveries; and
all EmMumenCs thereby accruing, and in full Satif-
fa£liun of all Puri-eyance. Re(blved alio. That tbc
further Confideration of fettling a Revenue of twelve
hundred thoufand Pounds a Year, on the King's
Majefty, be adjourned to Friday the 23d Inftant.
Tbe Militia Bill J/wtmhtr i^. On this Day the Bill for the.MiU-'
•pin debated, (ja ^^^ again debated j when Mr. Chafi moyedy
That the Time of Imprifonment, omitted in ihs'
Bill, fliould be limited ; and therefote was for re-
committing it. Sir Anthotif Irhj, for committing it
to the whole Houfe. Mr. Gaadricky toreflirain the.
Power of (he Commiffioners, which was unlimited.' .
in the. Bill ; and moved for the Speaker to leave the>
Chair. Mr. SteviHi faid th^ ought to take Heed:
-T
«/ E N G L A N D. er.
of putfin^ an Iron Yoke about their own Necks, and A*, ii Cw. lU
d,ebate the Master very fciioufly firft: He added, . ''^- ,
That Jhe Pe^t CtmiiatMi Was foriiicrly fufficient to (jonmber.
keep ui in Peace, and why it fhould not do fa then,
be profcflcd he was ignorant i however, he was.fiir
cgmcnitting it to the whole Houfe.
This Debate was interrupted by a Mcflage from ln«»wipM4 br *
Ibe^ordj, by two Maflert in Chancery, Ae^^ip^^^^f^M.
prefent Conference in (he Painui-Chamhtr, about a .
Meflage thpy received Yeflerday from his Majefly j
which being agreed to, Mr. H'Uts reputted the Sub-
^npe of jh^ pQpference a? follows, viz.
i Tliaf tl^c Lprd-Chaacellor wai pleafed to." ac-
qpainf ^(Oii lliat, jfi order to' that good Corref-
pondcitf^ yijtiKh hath hfep (Continued, and which
he delircg may eycr be tield, between the two Houfcs,
That Hpufe had been careft^l to acquaint the Houfe '
of Commons with all Matten of Confipquence whicb
did ocf uf : ^nd that the Lords having received 4
MelTage from tfie Icing's Majefty YcQcrday^ whicti
they dclired thct^ fQ b^Y^ pj^'cptly comii^unjcated to
you, and Icn^ their Meficngers to that Purpofe ; but
^e impor^nt ^udpffs of the Houfe not then per-
iqittii^, tt\e Lords had therefore defitcd this Con-
ference witlf |hem, to conununicaie his Majefty's
Mell^e to $=n^ i Vifhich A^e^age h^ Lordfnip.
read.'
The faid Menage w^ read t>y the Reporter,
ftanding in his Place, and afber lea^ by the ClecIC}^
and was as followetb, viz. .
PHARLES ^, .
/N Cenfideramn of tbt Swfm e/tht TeOr^ 9^i r^/A MdBr ftm»'
^IproflfAe/'Chriftmas, whfn Mtmbm '/ B'"'^'^~^^'"^^\
mtnt will defitit tt tf at tbiir flcufti in the Cgunlry^ ;
ami, in t^ga):d rf hii Mtijejij'i Cortnatiaa within a
Manlb afur Chiiflmas, the Prtparatien far wbifb
ivilitaie up much of his Ma^eftyi Thtughit and Time^
and the Time of hii Servants^ wbis,h tbtreftre Jhsuld
he vacant frtm tther Bufinefi^ Ni Maj'JIy hath
thtugbt'fit ta declare. That be refaives to diffahe tbtt
^afiiamtat en tbt zotb Day of the ntxt Msnth, and;
L\.....,Ck")oglc
IS^ ^ ParHameafOry Hi sTQViY
fcn. iiCir.n.fp (^li anather wlrh convinitnt Spud ; and that thh
1 ^ ' °' . hit Purpsft tnaj bt fertbtuith iimmunUated la bit
NtTcmbet. ^'^''fi' «/ Parliament, that thej may the mare vigs-
nufif apply tbtmjthei ta the Di/pauhaf the mafi im-
fertam Bufinijs that itftndi bejtre them.
Given at our Coun ar Wmtebally the 20th Day
of NoVemiir, 1660.
This Meffage being read, Mr, Bunckltf faid it wa(
a VC17 gracious one ; and moved to fet all private
Buriflc^ aflde, that the public might be firft dif-
patched. The Houre then refumed th? Debate on
the Militia Bill i and our Diary tells us. That
fjeijimi. Mr. Gilii Eyre made a fet Speech againft giving too
great a Libeity in that Bill, and Wds for having it
committed to the whole Houfe, Mr. Stevens moved
for leaving out the Claufe which was for Martial
Law. Mr. Bamfielilf That he never faw fuch a
Bill; faying. There was a ftiartge arbitrary. Straija
through the whole of it : He repeated fevetal Para- ■
graphs in it, to whidi he t«ok Excei'tioQ-s and
iiioved for having it l^id afide : Adding, 1 hat thi«
was dircflly taken out of the ^ill inrciided in 56^
in Oliver't Parliament, for fettling Major Gererab '
throughout the Kingdom. &\t Hineage Finch it^AitA
(6 this fmart Speech of Mf. Bamfiei£t\ and, as oui;
Diary fays, artfwered all his Elcceptioi^s againft the '
Bill very excellently, and with fome Shirpnefs j and
nloved to commit the Billj which the Houfe agreed.,
to, and ordered it Ihould be committed to the whole '
Houfe logo upon th^24th luftant,
VwCant of Ntvtmber 27. No, Debates happentpd^ in th«
~~ ' ' i Houfe, worth Notice, till this Day } when the State
of the King's Revenue, and the Settlement forthft
Courtof Wards, was again takrn up. Mr. Prjmii
begin the Debate, by moving the Houfe to conR-
<Ier, firft, what legal Things might be offered to
fpake up the King's Revenue, before ^ey fell upon
theExcife; and named theCuftoAs of irtlanduii
Seaiiapd, the Poft-Office, and feveral- others. Sir
Samuel Jvt fpolcefor iht fxcife. Sir Georgt
^ewmMg Cud, The Cuftotus did not amounttb
400,000 it
..C'.oogic
er E NO t A NTJf. %B
4pO,OQo/. a-yeu; an^i for thelmptoMweat'Of lh»<b> tvOntt*
Kin^ Puks. there worpdivrraGsana mf^hy hm' . '** ' *■ ^
lafe Kingtohii Setv^ts, ^hich yere theaclakard). )bnah«r
foj:h3Ctho<ef:OHU);not bc-valneJ - tilt they «v«.fur- '
vcyed and fettled i and tfacre^ire moved to>fettle ttt^
otW Moiety of the Ej^c.upca the Kini;. CdI>>
' Aifn^and Mr. Befiawm nifwed fur in^lfiag 4attt'
the State of the King's piefeut {tievenwfsfi* huI >
what was wantisg tfaere, bcfon they vofad aa Ail"
diiion. Serjcaqt C h atit t H faid, It'WH femwftof^
fibJc to know cxa^y the Value of thr King'p Rck
venuf, and therefore moved for «uttii^.|th*)(^Aioii<
fof the ExcHor Hereupon an Efiimate vqatreiidof
thji Value.of the Kii^'i Revenue j whicK byCom-
pvtation, canictoSiQ^OOp^ 9ddMan«]r-. T'Cihit*
Col. Birth faidt That, by hu Cumptitatiaiv* hMould.; . '
notmake it ainount tomoic than. iio,o(MlJ^ asdf'
thereforc.novedto refier it to-(t ComoMttcetD eiM"'
mine. Sir Jibm Warthat tut), . The King's Revuilis '
was underrratcd { and movet),, that the ExeifejniitA''
be fettled in.fijl for the Revciuub &i( HtiJigft
/jmc^. (aid. It wa» not maicriait whether tbe>'Wted*<i
inJuU^oTMpaxt, were infettv^, and twwcAfor tW"
QvcAipn.} whichbeing^aliedftir, tb^H«u<e^wi^
out dividing, voted, Thu the other M«iety of"ths','
Excifeon Beer, Ale, Cydei;, Pcfry«,$lrQng;WBtenu'^
Cbocolet (a). Coffee, Sherbet, and Metheglin, be
fettled upon the King during hs Ijfc, la ivA of the
1,200,000 /• ftr Amum Roveiu»tiifi|lved t9be<flt^ -
ded on his M^fty.
* RcTolved, That the fsveral Paiticslam cf Cho-^i^g,!,,^.^^
colet. Coffee, Shnbet^ aii4 M«th^lia» be a<kle4*i u< C«o(b<
fo the Tormer Vote fQcfettlingaM^iwytif the<EiMd<t^
of Beer and A'e on his, MMcfly, in CoaipailCuaa* >.
^r the Court of Wards and PuFveyvwes,
< Relblved, That the Time foriCoowieofeaiefit : '
of that Part of his M^j^y's Revenue, which is 14 '<
arife from the Excife of Beer, Ale, tgt. be ihc a jdi
^.Duembtr,, \f>bo,
«Re([>lved,.Tfaatthe'Coinfflittaeferhn M^iefty*«-'
Kfivcnile be revived i and that they do Hiect, dt DU
in .
{a} btbe Orf^oilj CbtetLin
2(5 7^ ^i^iiemmtary History
*' '««?'■**■"' ^**^> *"■* ''" ** ''"'« o'CJock this Afternpofix
'°"' -. io dx Qu«n*B Court j and Mr. Lmnhery Sir ^sAw, '
^ TWi^/, Mr. BtfcavuHi and Mr. Riamsy vt sddedl
to the Committee. .
On s Motion of the Lord fakiitia (a), . it was ,re-
fcJTcdr ' That it be referred to the Committee (o|F
his Miyefty's Revenue to Hate the feverjj particulac
Heads from which the yearly Revenue of 1,200,000 '..
(ex his Majcfty is to arife;>nd tn prepare Bills, as,
they fliall find neccfiarr, for die feiding and making
the fame effeftual, and to report the whole to the
Hotife: And Cot. King, Mr. Elitat^ and Mr- ^i"^*
ate added to dut CommitKC,
' Refblyed, That the Committee that brought in
t^ Excife Bill be reived ; and that they fit this
Aftenioon, ^pd (peedi>y confider of fprming the faid
Bill, as to fbmgn and inland Cbmmotfoies, in fuch
Sort as may be- conGftent wit^ ttie Votes of this ~
Houfe, for fettling the Excife of Beer and Ale on bis. -
Majefly, and to' ftrike out of the Bill ^fe ClauTe^
which concern Ale and Beer :- And they are to in*
fonn themfelves ^phat Debts have been ^barged by.
this Parliament on the Receipt of Excife, and yrhjac
oAer public Debts are charged thereon, and to re-
port a lift of them to the Houfe : And t^c faid
Omimittee are to meet, dt bit in Diem, till the
ftme be pcrfeded^ and rgjoft die ^hole to the
Houfe.
' ReToIved, 7*hat the Members of this Houle,
who are of his Majefty's Privy Council, be delired
.to attend the King's MajcSy, and humbly reprefene
' M him, in the Name of this Houie, the great Senfe-
tfais Houle hath of the many ExpreiRons of Grace
"wlHch they have received from his Majefty in Ijis,
feMral Declarations ; sukI alfo to acquaint hjs Ma-
jefly with the great Unanimity of this Houfe, in fet- '
, tline a'Hevenue cSf 1,200,000/. p*r jfmum on hia^
Majefty, according to ihcir former Vote.'-
Ntvembtr 29. Two religious. Bills, engroflcd, ^
were read a (econd Time, one againft die Profana*. .
. t»n. .
(a} Arllar ^mfy, Efi;. who, by Che Dath of hii Fitbcr, wit
thcoVilcouoc VMittiaf aftetw'inllZulrf AfV?'
ipea of the Lar^i Day, the othrr Kainft i>ro6iii| ^ ^C* H(
Curiing and Swearing, tf<. Sir Jehu Adajbai fyofck ^ *^' -
agaJnft the former* «rid ¥ru fortbrowing itont, liat^ Kw^brr,
being ratisficd which ITay in the Woek wu the Zwiy
i>0;', that ought to be kept holier than tbe reft, but
Jaid, It was Novelty. Oo which Mr. Piymt got
up and fpolce for the Bill, aJledgtng feveral ReaToni,
and vouching diven Autkorities for the Antiquity ti-
the Cuftom. Sir Ra^ jffitn moved. That the
Speakei fliquld rq>rove Sir y§hn Majbam^ for what
1^ fatd relating to the Sabbath. Sir J»h» laid. He
fpdte againft 3ie Bill only beciufe it wai a Tranf-
cript o( one in Oln^t Timr, and therefore he couM
not coofent to any thing that was done by him.
To which Sir Gttrge BmiI anfweied. That the I>e<
vil fpuke Scripture fometimes { and moved for
Ixab the Bills to'paftj which wai ordered accord^
'tgly-
Tbe lame Day a Bill for. making the King's D^
daration, touching Kcclefiailical Affairs, effedtual.
wu liead a firA Time ; on which a long and notable
i)cbatc enlued, which we give alio from our Manu-
fwpt Diary.
Sir AlUn BntlirUk moved to lay the Bill afide, ^ W l><bM
' faying. The King would fuddenly call a new Parlia-^^l^jSI*;,
incnt, and with them a Synod ; and moved to let thitniipou A&in.
alone tili then. This Motion was feconded by Lord
Rubariijn (b); buC Mr. Sttveni was for having the
Bill read again, as it would not ftaqd with tbe Ho-
nour of tbe I'arliament to lay it afide. Sir Gtirgg
Rtemty on the contrary, was againft the Bill, and
to be fatisficd with the King's Declaration. Mr.
.Kfigbtlty, for reading of it ag^n; as was alfo Sir
yehn Ntrtbeit, Sit CUmtnt Tbrtckmorttn fpoke
againft tbe Bill, but very highly for the Declaration ^
and faid. Thai the Bill gave too ^at a Tolerationi
and made the fiifbops no moretfain Vix H praterta
nihil. Mr. BmukUy faid, That without a Bill tbe
Declaration would be inlignificant ) that it was very
fining that many Things in the Liturgy Oiould b«
altered. He produceil a Book, printed in 1641,
which
/*; BttOBff &«cw4.ia fMJn^ iiU H«nl«r for Ibr/^
.X'.oogic
|j|.MOn( H-n^ch was theOpinioiB of the Bffliops of Jnnag/i-
^ '°'^- . and L'lKtia^ Dr. PritUaux, Dr.- ^<irrf. Dr. fto/^,
)l«vn]3«, ^ ^- ■^"^"i ^at fcveral Tiun^ in the I<ituTgy
fliould be redlified i snd moved for another Reading
of the Bill, Lord Faiiitmd fpoke for the Oedant-
tion, but •gainft the fiUl. Mi. Htxry Hungtrftnt
oroved. That all t^fe, who pretended to lb inucb
Loyal^. fliQuld agree witli the Kind's Delire, that
tjtcy might ^ go down into the Country, and be
well accepted (here t wbicfa, b» faid^ they could naf,
better defence, thaoby fctting tl^ gmat Afiair in Or-
diu before tbcii Oiflblatioiu And, after a very long'
Speech, be concluded fu tending the Bill again^
Mr. /*tfWrandMr. Mvmjnt both IpotKe in Favou
of the Declaration, but againfttbe Bifl, Sir Rxben
fafitn for the fame \ but none of their Argumenu
are noted in the Diary. On the othec SidCf Mr.
JSeuiard faid. That the prefent Bulinct was of the
hi^eft Ce*cemiBent that ever yet was brought be-'
fore then^ wberein.the Honour of God \mu (b mvclt
concCToed, aswtU at thePeaceof tbeNatknu He
moved, therefore. That the Bill (bould be read agjun
ii^ three D«ys. Sir RkhardTin^ faid, That there
* wv no Rept^sancy betureen the Declaration and
die Bill ; and moved foe having it i»ad again at tho^
OnivTioie.
Tbc'Debate AiM contiBniMg, ow'Diarygoeson
intb it and tells us. That Sir Tismaj ^wm fpoke
^infl the B^l and bid,, That tomake ibi* Bill &:
Law, was tbe Way to majcc all Papifc, and other
Heretics, rejoice, fincc it would w4iolIy »niove alL
Conformity in the Cbwch t and tbereforc moved to.
Uy the Bill then afidc,. and leave it to aootber Par-'
liament and a Synod. Mr. Jthn Sfeonn. bid. The.
King had taken much Tinv ajid Deliberation to
conuder it wdl, before he publiflted his Declaration.
To ibis Mr. Secretary HurtUt added, That the (ame
Man who was Tick might becurcd with a Medicine
It one Time, which would not help at another ; and
that fome Things are lealsnaUe noiw, which were-
BOt fo at another. That Matters were not only to
be donC} but wcU doac £oBKtuiu» & Woivid
would.
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Would keal of jtfcjf^ if you applied ootbnig tD it ( V- v^- ■*
Mid added, that Time would ifSitez do tkat Good . ^ ^
which they dcAied, than to hav6;it enforced hj > Nora^
Bill } and therefoie hewai for Uyvig it'aiide>
On the other Side again Mr. r««V fvd, H< Iu4
rather ihc Bill bad never bccD broufht in,- thao that
it (hoM now be laid a&de ] that Fhe Osftmopjiw «f
the Church were not of that gteat Weight, a>t*
embroil ui agaiajn a new Wai : ,But:t)Mi fonc Iilr
dolgence ought tobegiveotofpshait had veDtutod
ibeir Uva f'ix the Qovd of all. H« (^^ He could
not hope for any B^nchtto be l^d by.K Syaod, b^r
cs^ufe the Spirits of tlie Clergy, for their laieSuffcn-
iiuSf would be quid) higher in K«rcf)tn)eaC thantbr
Minds of the Houfc were there i and moved fix a
fecond Reading. Sir Sekftm S\v^U fpdce againA
the Bill, butfortiiePfclaratiofi, faying, <Tb«tlioc»
t;he Governmient, of the Chuich wu defpifed, how
were they fallen into CanftiGon l ^i moved, Thiit
tb» Lawt eftaUiflud mi^t fuffin, and not frutw
this into a new one. Mr. £e^«r^faid| TheKin^
by hia Declaratio^n, having dcTirod an Indulgence,
he hoped they wouM not reCft it i and therefne
he Rvoved. the Bill n^^ pafi. till the £ifl Seffictt
of the next Parliament ; and was for having it.re«d
again in three D^s. Sit Join Mi/tam faid, Tb^
had before thfjir* an cKCcllcnt Declaration* metar
niQrphofcd into a very ugiy Bil} % that the ICing*j
Intention was for^ Settlement of Rdigion amongft
us, which futely this Bill did thwaft ; and mora
to throw it out, Mr. Prymu anfwered the laft
Speaker, and faid. The DeQlaratton waa . to fettl*
' Peace in the Kingdom, only, which the Bill did not
confirm t and what a Wonder would it bcj af&r they
had given the King Thanks, to throw out the Biffl.
"Mr-Thurland faid, It wa* very difpu table. Whether
fuch an excellent Declaration would make an exod-'
lent Law : He thought not, giving fa great a Tole-
ration, and endeavouring to lellen the Liturgy. Bs
added. That he never knew a^ Declaration, by
Wholefdie, voted into an Aifl'i aod moved to lay
this aTide for the prefcnt. Col. Siafte: tu^y I'hat
tiie
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a. ra Cir. n.Jhe Kii^s Hbnour' and the Honour of the Hduffl
^-'"°' . Wire both concerned in this Bill, That Irthndvil
tlonmMr. ^i^y pl^fed with the Deciafatioh; and begged fgir
Bowels 6f Mercy ofie towards another; 2nd ivasfol'
tee Bill, fjir Httkagi PinA was as much for In-
dulgence (d tender Conrcieiicet as any j but raid, n
tauft be thrti lifed hnd allowed to fuch as coufd hot
«bnfcnt to ftchF a Liberty as ihfc Bill offered : Ncithcir
did be think ii was (he King's Oeftre to have it piit
into a Bill; that the Catholics wotiltl Upbraid theni
with doing If^ur^ to them, for fo many Yearsj fdt
not going to Church, when we were going, fays he*,
by an AA, to tc^rdte it in ottters; He was not fot
taking aWay the Rule (A Conformity, nor yet for
throwing out the Bill; but he wiOii^d it had nev^
4>ecn brought in, and ttioVed fbr a fetond Reading
&me other TIrMj rather on that Day Se'nnight.
Mr. Sw'infen- Was for having the Bill read agaii^
«] three Days,' faying) frothing was more hoped by
"the People, than- ibe paflitig this Brll; and therefore
th^ (Might not to deceive them; That he thought
it- would not grate the Bifliops at a'l, be'caufe they
■vnii with the Kjng; at the framing the Declaration.
■Lord Bruct faid', They might ai well make cve^
iiy Aft of Grace IVom the Kmc into a Lkw as
thisi which he was UtteHy agalnft; and moved to
■ttdjourn die Debate. TYAz l£ft Mb'iloh for adjoilrn-
■ing the Debate, tx-throiw out theSni, was FoUoweil
% Mr. MntUgu; Mr. AUtn^ SPr jBilathan Copf^
JMr. Pabneri 6rtd Mr. Barim; WKIeh laft faid. He
^Was ^ainft making the Declaration fnto a Law*
-neither ought it to be fo, t II the King hatl confulccd
with the Synod. Serjeant Majnard concluded this
long Debate, in faying, He was againfl: pafling tills
Sill, becaufe it gave too great a Liberty, yet would
■not fcem to rejcfl it by a Vote, becaure ihc King's
-Declaration, on which the Bill was built, was fo
pteafing to cvety one. He moved rather to put the
Qucfliun, (which was done immediately) Whether
the Bill ihould be read a fccond Time? The Houfe
divided upen tr, when the Numbers were 157 for,
and 183 a^iiift, a fecond Reading. ' Sir Anihny .
Jib,
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^miSiiGetrgtBioib Tellers for the Ycu; SiTAi. is.Crtidi
StUman SwaU and Mi. ' Paimr, for the Noes. . '""• ^ ^
AU tbb wtiilci and fome Time after, wbtlft thU 'ui^iliJ^^
^nd other great Debates were carrying on in ths
Houfe of C^oions, the J»Hrmait of the Lords fiir>
' tiilh little ot nothing to our PurpoJc ; that HouG; be-
lt^ employed wholly. in tryiog Caufes, or in reading
. fuch Bills as the other Hdufe had fcnt up, in the
fbroier of which, they had fitU fivrincfs, ftom the
Multiplicity of Af&jrs which had gone wrong in
Families during the late Troubles. The Cnmnutt i
yeurnaii^ therefore^ and ou^ explanatory Diary; mvft
be our chiefeft'Guidcs to carry us oir to the End of
. this Seffion and Parliament, , ' '
ttvoimbir AQ, The Lord Hnvaard^ who was lent
to the Ktng with a MeJlage from this Houfe, rohi-
ting to the late Seitiemcnt on his Majelty, in lieu of
the Court of Wards, reported, That he had attend-
• tA his Majelty, and rtpreienre^.to him the Senfe
of the Houfe on that OccaTioni and that his Ma-
jefty was pleafed to return for Anfwer, ' That he
' gave the Houle ThanJcs for their Care of him, and
* attired them he would employ that Revenue for
. < the Good of tl^m.and Hie Kingdom.
A Bill had been brought into the Houfe of Lords,
. and paflbd, Ffr the Rtfiifutim tf- Thomas Earl ef
Arundel, Surrey arid Noifoll(, to tht Dignity ani
. Title tfDiUi e/Norfolk. But how this Bill came to
. pafs there,: wc.Knyw not j for ijicir Jeurnalt inform
, us, That, when tite Committee, iqide their Report
in this Cafe, they faid, They had examined Itvend
WitneUes . concfirfiing the prefcnt Condition of the
faid Earl, ai^ their Lordihips were informed. That
he was a perfect Lunatic, and had a conf^ant Phyji-
cian with him : Thjfc he lived in the heft Houfe- in
PaduOy and bad twelve ^crvantE to attend him, aod
;_»11 Th.ipgs fittng t» h;s Quality. Yet, upon fend-7
ing to the King, to know hi) Pleafure therein, and
leceiving an Anfwer that he had confented, the Bill
was paHed^ and fent down to the Cummons \ where,
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**^^'*i>tvlte<«3ond Reading of itthn Day* pww IHe*
_^" ' . I bate* enCKed thm vaa comnion ftw a pHvace Bill.
Oiir Diuf ttOtvay-ThaX Scrjinuit Majnmi vsA
-Mr. .MfrmlMboppcrfitd this BUIt^tfarlatw fajFrng,
That it WHS'^mmotcd t^ his Lordftip^s 'BMKber>
^W«>asi&'ltfn*«n f^ipift, and Ak^t it fothiiDfclf t
'that Mr. BtJut^, Sir yebn^nbnt, &t Gmtt
•£tnif, Mr. KnightJtf, Mr. iTw;^, and Lofd JliA-
Ymtf, fpoke fbrrudtng the Bill then agMin* orcom-
'tntltinK'it ; which occafimed, fays ourAinhtdityj m
^reat'Dcbatc, Whether the Q^eftion fbould be to
'read the Bills third Time, er tb onninit it r It
was «grecd that 'the ' meft regular Wtf «u tocmi-
tnit it. A Committee Iwrctipon beit^ 'named, fe-
Veral Members were put down for it, who were not
<4heninthe Houfe; or which Mr. Hatkf obfervedt
That it was Bgainft an Order <>f the Houfe to nufie
fuch, unlefs my Gemlfiaan did move partkttlatly
■*Mit.
An ingfofsM Bill, intituled, An A^firpt-akhitini
ih* EjipmaiHH of l^ttUt ff^»dt'P*it, Fklkri Banihy
■tr-ary KiwH •[ fcturittg Earth, was (ead a third
TiMe Bn<J palkid, with the Addition to make it Ft'
' kny. Mr. Fryjow moved to have the Time limit-
«d. ?,\t Gtorge Dntminit^\ti&\tt ahdfaid, ThAc
were at leafl 80,000 People in franct employed ia
wa[4:ing up Engli/h and Irifi Woolt, ahd ihctcfore
moved, That the Punifbinent might not be limited.
fitx Anthtt^ Afiliy Geoper moved to ntfert TobKcco-
Pipe Clay into the Bill likewife, it bckig luch as the .
flinch make ufe of inftead of FuHen iiahh. O-
■'dei*d, That'Sif G*»r^/ Dotuiang do Carry this Bill
fcthieliordi.
A Bill againft platiting Tobacco in Etij^nd was ,
read * firil Tiffle. Mr. Prjnm fpA'e againft k^
bccaufeitforitad the [damin| any Tobacco, thoogb
for Phyiic or Surgery. But Mr. Kmght, Mr. Har-
rit, and Str Gttrgt Detviting, rpCBking for the Bill, .
it was read a fccond Timet Bild committed to tfce
Comnutice for Tiade.
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i^ovmber 30. This Day, after a long Debate ■*«» iiC.(. n.
■what Bufincfs fliould be firft done, the Qjcftion was . _ '^'°: ^
put. Whether Mr. Ferrtn Ihould make his Report novembei,''
concerning the Bill, Foy Allowance of Maintenance ■
to Wives feparated from their Hufljands on Jli^t
Occaltons. On which the Hnufe divided into Yeas
50, Noes j6 ; and the Report was made of fume
Amendments to the Bill, which be read in his Place*
and afterwards delivered theM in at (he Table.
Sir Rdpb AJhim opened the Debate on this Bill, f^^^^ lybm -
and moved, in Behalf of it, That no AilowanceonihcBiUfot
ftjould be made to Wives on that Occafion. Hc'"«P*"w***i'»"*
laid} It was againil the Law of God and the Realm -^""^
that he did not make this Motion for hb own private
Concernment^ but for the future public Good, tho*
he had been a Stranger to his Wife and Children
now near twelve Years, and never had any Comfort
from them in all that Time. Hethcreforcearneflly de-
lired the Houfe toconfidcrof it, andnot toallowhis
Wife all her Alimony Iince^«n« 22, 1649, Sirj'ois
Northcet moved. That in cafe a Man had contrafied
any Difeafe, which was dangerous to his Wife, there
the Wife to have an Allowance, as being a lawful
Caufe in living from him. Sir Htneage Fiach faid.
That the Houfe was moil of them Fathers as welt
asHufbands, and that therefore Regard was to.b*
bad to Daughters for the future, as well as to Wives
at prcfent : He therefore moved that the Claufe
. might fluid, and 'that the Ecclefiafllcal Jurifdidion
might, for the future, regulate fuch Enormitiest
Col. Shapnt moved againft all Ecclefiafticat Jurif-
di&ion, faying. That for a Hen flying into a Church-
yard, or fome fuch Trifle, they would have excom-
municated a Man formerly. Mr. Streudy Mr.
Rjcbf and ^It. Knigbt, were- for re-committing the
Bill, that there might be Care taken for Women
that cannot live with froward Hufbands. Mr. Prjnrut -
on the contrary. Was for no A£t at all, faying. There
fras Provifion enough taken by the Law already j
that this was the Way to make good Wives bad>
and bad Wives worfe } that, for Neceflaries, every
Man ought to sUoW j but, for Difoiders, a Man
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ji. II Cir.n.might give his Wife due Correftion ; And as for
1660. Alimony, he faid. It was a new Thing ; and moved
"oi^^^^ to throw both the Claufe and the Bill out tc^cther.
Mr, Hildyard moved in Behalf of a Woman that
never gave her Hufband any juft Occasion to quar-
lei with her, that Care fliould be taken for fuch.
Mr. Holies concluded this Debate, by moving to re-
. commit the Bill, hecaufc there ought to be a Provi-
fion made for fuch Women as had very bad Hufbandsi
and That he underftood belonged not to a moderate
CorretElion, before fpokeit of. Ordered to re-commit
the Bill.
The Bill for erecting and endowing of Vicarages
out of appropriate Reflorics, was read a third Time
and paHed.
Decimher i. The Bill for Continuance of fbe
' Excife, in Rccdmpence of the Court of Wards and
' Purveyances, was read a fecond Time.
Mr. Mtmiagu, Mr. Pierepeint, and Mr. Prpmty
were for having the Bill re-committed, ur^ng. That
the Penalties were too fcvcre, as for a Man to go
teri Miles to enter what he brews, or forfeit twenty
Pounds. And Mr. Prynnt added, That they could
' not rake away the Court of Wards, which was an
ancient Prerogative of the Crown, without Breach -
of their Oaths. Lord VaUntie, to re-commit the
■ Bill to the whole Hotife. Mr. Knight moved agalnft
' the Unreafonablenefs of the Bill, in fearching Houfes
" by D.ay and Night, and was for re-commiiting it. It
was ordered accordingly to a Grand Committee of ths
" whole Houfe, who were to fit, dt Dii in Diem, tvcrj
\ ' .Afternoon, till that Bufinefe was difpatched.
Lord VoUntia moved the Houfe in Behalf of Al-
cJerman Backv.ell, to be falisfied in the Sum of
20,000/. which he procured and advanced fiir the
' Queen c,f Bohemia anA the Princefs Royal ; likeWife
80C0/ i'n Dunkirk,- far which, by a Vote of the
■ Houle, he was to be fatisfieci imt of the Excife. His
' Lordt'hip thtjcfore moved' for a Provifo in the Ait,
■for his Satisfaction; which, he thought, the Houfe
' was bound to in Honour and Jufticei This Motion
was
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fras re<!Dncled by Mr. Bodurda ( and upon it the An. ii C« W,
Houfc declared, That the Service Alderman Back- , '^''- ^
Well did was a good Service, and very acceptable to Ji^ttni^
the Houre ; and thit be Ihould not fuffcr thereby,
either in Reputation or Edate, It was therefore or-
dered, That the Security on Excife given to Alder-
man Backvtetlf {hould not be altered without hi;
Confent.
Dectmber^. TheBill for theReftitutionof theEarlOn tlieKdHta.
. o^Arumid, (^e. to thcTitleof Dukeof Wor/irf, was^™^*^^*
■ brought from the Committee to whom it was tcfer-^,fl. "*
cdj unaltered, and was read a third Time.
The Manufctipt Diary informs us, (hat Mr. Sttvms
fpoke very earn^flly againft paling the Bill, faying,
' TTiat the Earl of jrundil was always bred amongft
thofe who were Enemies to the Proteflants; tlwt
the Earl was diftrafled ; and that if he was here, it
was a Queftion whether they would confirm the
Title; for, in his Opinion, it was giving Honouna
the Man in the Moon. On the other Side Sir Ro-
bert Pajion faid, That the Earl's Want of Senfes
ibould ra'her gain him more Advocates than Ene-
mies \ that the Lords had already examined Wit-
nefles concerning his prefenc Condition of Mind,
and were faiisficd with it ; that he himfelf was not
fatisfied fully conwining the Death of the late Duke
oi Nor/ili, but thought the Refloration of the Ho-
nour could be no Prejudice to any one ; and there-
fore moved to have the Bill pafs. Mr. Prynnt fpoke
againft the Bill, faying. It was Nonfenfe, becaufe it
did not exprefs from whence the firfl Honour came,
nor to whom given ; that here was no Patent pro-
duced, nor any Form how the late Duke was at «
tainted ; and faid, the Earl ought to have petitioned
for his Honour ; but that here was no fuch Thing.
Sir Richard On/low moved for the Bill, faying. That ,
he waj one of the Guardians, and thought it very fie
ic fhould pafs. Sir Joha Holland was for pa^re
the Bill. Mr. Tbmas moved to have that Part cj
the Bdl, which reflcfted upon Queen EHouibtthy
amended at the Table, and then to pafs it. Mr.
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An. 11 Cir. II, H'l^flri/ and Lord Bruce, for the Bill. Col. Kin^^
,.'*'■ . againft it, faying, It was fit to have the Earl here,
December. ^^^'^ ^^ Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy might
be tendered to him. Lord Falkiand faid. He thought
him as powerful . to do Mifchicf as an Earl or a
Duke, and was for the Bill, Sir Jthn Majkam for
it. Serjeant Charlton faid. The Houfe wasnotrei-
dy yet for paffing (he Bill, without examining the
Record and the Indiflment of the late Duke 5 that it
\ was Atting the Earl himfelf fhoutd be here, but if be
was fo far diRra£)ed, it was better to take his Honour
fromlilm, and beftow it upon the next worthy Per-
fon in the Family ; adding,' That it was fitter to ufe
the Earl as Nebtuhadntzzar was, to fend him amongfl:
Beafts, for he had not the ordinary Cleanlinefs of
one; and moved tore-commit the Bill. Another
Mr. Howard anA Sir Riihard Temple fpoke for the
Bill ; Sir Richard Hopkim againft it, as it now was,
bccaufe it reflefled upon Q^ieen Elixabtth'i Govern-
■ ment, and moved to amend it. Col. Shap<gt, to have
the Bill amended ; clfe, he faid, he could not vote
for it. The Lord Heward and Sir Ifarry Ntrih^
for the Bill. Mr. Bamfield was againft the Pre-
amble of it, becaufe it faid that the Duke of Norfalk
fuffered principally for endeavouring to marry the
Queen of Scats ; neither did the Bill fhew whether
the Honour was entailed or no, which ought to have
' been done. He faid he did not underlland why
they Oiould confer Honour upon a mad Man ; nei-
ther was it fit to give an Aflof Grace to thofc of
the Popifli Religion. He alfo moved to fend for (he
' Earl over, but was againft the Bill. Mr. PJtydaU
' iaid, It was unreafonablc to urge the Bill then, hc-
caule of the Earl's Diflemper; but when the SucceBbr
came it would be then proper to do it. ^aTbamat
Mtertt faid. That, when the Duke of Samtrfefi
Bill palTed, the King faid it was for ain extraordinarjr
PerToh ; and if this Perfon could be juftified to be u
deferving, he would give him his Vote ; elfe he de-
fired the Bill might be thrown out. Sir Geergt
Dmming for the Bill ; faying, T^e late Duke wu
not a Papift, » was obje^ed to him* bccaufe be de*
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nied it at his Trial. Serjeant Rantiford againft*"- '* CwH«
betlowing Honours upon any of the PoptQi Religion, . " ^•'
vrhich he underAood this ramily was of ; and un-
lefs they took the Oaths he was againft the Bill.
But, laftly,- Mr. Trever and Sir Georgi Reevetf
fpcaking for the Bill, theQueftion was called for,
and, being-put, the Houfe dividedupon it intoYeas
1S7, Noes 116: A Isrgc Majority after all this De-
bate about it. Tlie Bill was ordered to be return'd
to ttK Lords by Mr. Heward,
Dtambtr 4. TTiis Day Mr. Thsmat reported t6
the Houfe, from the Committee, fome Amendment*
and three Proyifoes to the Bill of Attainder, which
were read.
Mr. Gasdriei offered a Petition from Edmwti _
Cbailaner, Nephew of Tianus Challmtr, one of the '
King's Judges } wherein he fliewed, That his Uncle
died before the ASt came out, and was not named
.in the Proclamation ; therefore he begg'd he might
not be included in the Bill of Attainder. Mr. Prpnt
fpoke againft the Petition ; Sir Thomas Widdringtea
ipx; it. Capt. litus fatd. That be fbould willingly
co^fent to it, but not unlefs be could be fatisned
whether thofc Men, who fat as Judges, had made
any Provifion for the King's Children after hfs
Death. Mr. Rauliffe moved for an Allowance ID
'be made of jull DAts, Legacies, and Funeral Ex-
penc'es, out of this Forfeiture of thofe four Perfons
Eftates who have been attainted after their Deaths.
wz. Cretfiwillt Prydtt Bradjhawt, and Irtton. Sir
'jthit Nerthcel v/as againfl paying the Funeral Ei-
pcnces of Cremwel and Bradjhawt. Mr. MUn aii4
tord Valentia moved in Favour of the Executors,'
That tbey might not be ruined for what they ba4
paid, becaufethey were compelled to pay the Lega-
cies by l^nr ; but that a Provifo might be added v\
the Bill concerning it. Sir Htneage Finch f^id.
That this Bill was the prime Sacrificeto Juftice
that the Parliament had made ; that neither the
' Queen, nor any of the Royal Family, had theleaft
' Kelief from thofc People, but were left to-Aarve in
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Afl. tiCir.Il.Exile; and moved that, if the Debts on Bond ba
^^1 ^ allowed them,. the Book-Debts ftould be fo too;
Dccunbtt! *''^* ^^ '^'" £hould be engroflcd, and fuch Provifoes
taken Care for as vere proper to be received,
Mr, HiUes laid, He had as great an Abhorrence of
that black Crew as any one; and therefore moved
rather to confider the poor Creditors, their Wives
and Children, and ihe Executors, by a Provifo.
Serjeant Charlton faid, That, in Scripture, we are
told that the whole Families of Traitors were de-
^royeS: "^^aX the Cafe was not alike in private
Bonds, as it was in this, where the Perfons were
attainted. He moved to leave it to the Law, whc>
ther to allow any Legacies or nut ; but added. It
Was feafo^ble the Legatee fhould refund, and was
for putting the Bill to ihe Queftion immediately.
Sir Anthony JJhhy Coeper faid. There was Reafon to
allow Settlements before Marriage^ or as far retro-
fpefl as the Year 1647. Sk EJiuard Turner was
againft paying their Debts at all, and was for the
Qycftion, Lol. Shapcot faid, Tfiat to deny the
Payment of their Debts, was to punifh the hontil
Cieditors, not tlie Offenders j and therefore moved
(o confider ihofe poor People, by a Provifo large
enough for the Purpofc , , On the contrary Blr.
Prynne fpoke againft any Provifo,. faying, There
' were none for the Gunpowder Traitors, nor any el^i:
that ever were Traitors before. Capt\ Titui endejd
this Debate, by obferving, That Execution did not
leave Traitors at their Graves, but followed them
beyond it : And that, fince the Heads and Limbs of
fome were already put upon the Gates, he hoped the
Houfe would order that the Carca^ of thofe
Devils, who were buried at Wtfimitifter^ CiomweJl^
B-adJhaWfy Irtim, and Pr^^ might be lorn out of
their Graves, dragged to Tyburn, thete to hang for
' fome Time, and afterwards be buried 'under ibc
Gallows. This Motion was agreed to, fays the
Piaty, ntm. can, and is confirmed by the ysurnaUy
where the Order is entered at large. Ordered alio,
Tl^at ?4ffWf Nor/elif Eft], Serjeant at Arms, fhould
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fee (a) Execution done upon the Bodies: and that Aii.]ji Car. ![•
Capt- Titui do carry up the Order to the Lords for . '^^- ;
, iheir Concurrence ; which was ^reed to the fame 0jt4n,b„
Day. The Bill to he engroffed.
This Day alfo the longdefigned Impeacbment
agatnft Mr. fVlUiam Draii waj ordered to be car-
ried up to the Houfc of Lords, by the Lord Falk-
land, and delivered at the Bar of that Houfe, in the
Name of the Houfe of Commons, and of ajl the
Commons in Enghmd. This Impeachment is en*
tered in Ix)th the 'Journali ; but wc give it from thofe
of the Commons as fallows :
* TPHE Knights, Citizens, and BurgelTes of th« The impeach.
* 1 Houfe of Commons, in the Name of them- ^*E»i»*Mr.
' felves and all the Commons of England, do hereby
'' declare, complain, and fbew, againft tyilliam
■' Drakty Citizen and Merchant of London^
* That whereas this prefcnt Parliament, through
* the BIclEng of God upon their Endeavours, and the
* incomparable Grace and Goodnefs of his Majefty's
* Royal Condefcenfions, have proved the happy In-
* flruments of repairing the Breaches of this King-
* dom, relloring the antient Foundations, and paiSng
* many good and wholefome Laws for the Safety a ltd
* Quiet of the People, and are daily preparing fuch '
* others as may yet feem 'to be wanting.
' Neverthelefs the faid William Drake, in Con-
* tempt of his Majefty'a Crown and Dignity, and of
' the Laws and Government of this Kingdom, and
* out of a wicked and malicious Intention to fcanda-
* lize and fubvert the Authority and Being of this
* prefcnt Parliament, and to raife and ftir up Scdi-
* tion lind Divilion ia this Kingdom, and againll the
C ♦ Peace
' f'dJ.TIulOrdcrwuiioteiecuIsdlil] Javarj-iti, after the DilTalu>
tion of this Patliament, *Jieni chroBol.igicil Hiftoriui of thefcTimei '
'giva u) ch« Acconnt of in "This D»y, Jamary Jo, 1*60.1, tbo
odioai Cucair« ef Olivtr Cnrnmll, Hmy Irccm, and JiA» Bud-
jBitvii, weie taken out of iheir Qrara, dftwo upon Sledges Co Ty-
'buTD, ani beiogpulled out of their Coffiiu, there hinged at the feve- ■
nlADKlaof the triple Tne, tillSun-leti then tiben down, behead- -
cd, and ^ir loathlanK Tcunki thinwti iAto a deep Hole under the
Callowi. Their Headt were afierwardi fee opOD Polei on (hcTop of
Wtfi-in^'r-HaU.-~~G4a BriUm'niim! Or a jucdiiB CbnmUi/,,
*«. Bj Sir C«oi(e Wl^anim, LondDD, 1667.
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40 7Be Parliamentaty History
B, 11 Cu-. iM peace of our Sovereing Lord the King, hath ratcF/s
^ *'^°' ^ ' that is to fay, upon or before the 1 8th Day of No'
Dewalw- * ^""*''' '*''■» 2t fff/!mi^jitr, in the County at Mid'
* dltftx, written, printeJ, and publifhed in the
* Name of one Thsmas Phillipiy Gentleman, a cer-
' tSiin, faife, wicked, malicious, and fediiious Pam*
* phlet, intituled, Tht Lang Parliamtnt revived i,
* er,' Jii Ja fer Co.ntinuotisn, and tht not dijitlving
* tht Lang Parliament^ called by King Charles th»
t Firji^ in the Tear 1640, hut hy an Act of Parlia-
* mentf ly/VA undeniabU, Reafons, deduced fTj>m tht
^ [aid Ad, to pravt that That Parliament ii not yet
« diphed. Mfo Mr. Wjlliam Prynne's JiVe Ar-
' gumenis fully aifwired, whereby he indiavoufs M
* prove it to be dijffolvtd by the King't Death, &c. By
< Thomas Phillips, Geititman, aJincereLoveraf ihf
* King and Country, In which faid fcandalous and
* fcditious Pamphlet the faid WiUiam Droit,- amongft
* many other wicked Expreffions, Claufes, and Af-
* fertions therein contained, doth falfely, roalicioufly-
* and feditioufly affiim and <iec!are,
» Page 6. Fir^, That all other Parliaments have
* no legal Capacity, till this (meaning the Long
* Parliament J calT«d in the Year 1640). be Icf^ljr
* diflbjved.
' Page 14. Secondly, The A£t (meaning the A£l
* of Parliament to which the Title of the Pamphlet
* refers) is herein exprefs. That by no oljier Way
* or Means:^ but by an Ad of Parliament, it fliall
* be diflblvcd ; which, as it cannot be done by the
* dead King, but may be done by the Succeflbr, it
* ought to be fo diflolved j or elfe it muft, and doth,
* by Virtue of this Adt> Rill renain legacy in fiilt
* Being and Authority,
* Page 17. Thirdly, How much it were to b©
* wifhed, (hat the Legiilaiive Authority might revert
* into that Channel (meaning the Long Parliament
* aforefaid) by which the Peace :^<i Settlement of
* the Nation, thro' his Majefty's moft gracious In-
'fluence, might durably, and without Queliiaii,b»
* provided for and prefcived.
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« Page 21, Feurlhij, If that be s lawful Parlra^An. «_c«. l
* ment, (fpeaking of the Long Parliament afortfaid, ^ L,tl-
* which he qirewhere affirmed to be in Being) then
* this can be none, nor no other, til] this be legally
« diffoWed.
* All which Pra^icc) for ftirriog up of Sedition,
' • the Commons are leady to prove, not only by thd
* general Scope of the (aid Book, but likewife by fe-
fveral Claufcs therein contained, belides thefe be-
* fore-mcncioned, and fuch other Proo^ as the
» Caufe, according to the Comfe of Piwliameat,
* (hall require. _ , .
* And do pray, that the hid IPtlliom Drait mtf
•* be putto wjfwer all and every of the Premifes} and . .
* that fuch Proceeding, Examination, Trial, Judj-^
* ment, and exemplary Punifliment, may be therc-
1 upon had and executed, as is agreeable to Law and
« Juftice.*
The Lords ordered this Impeachment to be read,
^ter which they made another Order, That the faid
ff^Uiam Draki fhould be apprehended as a Delin-
qucnti by the Serjeant at Arms, and brought before
,them the next Morning, to anfwer to his Charge ;
which being done, and he confeffing his Fault, the
Lords, in Conlideration of the Shortne& of Timo
for proceeding further in this Bufinefs, left him to be
profecuted in the King's Bench by the Attomey-
' General ; where what further was done with this bo-
■ tieft Citizen we know not,
"DeitmhiT 5. A Bill had been brought into tU
Houfe ofCommohs, read andcommitted, forfettling
■ the Poftage of I.«tiers i and this Day Capt, Tuut re-
ported fome Amendments to it, on which a long
Pebate enfued, a^id of which our Djary gives very
^ew Remarks. It only tells us, That Serjeant 'Gl^n
fajd. He knew this Office was thought a Monopoly
in former Parliaments : And that Mr. Bamfiili
brought in a Provifo to be put to the B»ll, in Favour
of one Mr. Perr/u/i Claim to (he Office as a Right ;
which Provifo was debated near three 'Hours, and
the Q^eftion being put. That tbis Provifo be read a
Iccond
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M.' II Cat. IL fecond Time, on a Diviiion it was carried in the Af-
^ ^ 1660. firmative I36 againft 116. Upon which the Pro-
Dctenber. ^''° ^^' read, again; and, on a fecond Queftion,
Whether it Qiould be committed, another Divifion
enfued into 96 Noes and 88 Yeas ; fo that, adds the
Diary, After four Hours Debate in the whole, this
Affair came to no Manner of Determination. The
Journals, however, tell us. That it was refolved the
Committee for the Poftage of Letters fliould meel
that Afternoon about i^ and make their Report th«
next Morning.
DebiteMithc Pteemher 7, Nothing confidtrable came before
BiUrfAmioderthc Houfc tjll this Day; when Sir Hmtagt Finch
'*°™ • delivered in the Bill of Attainder engrofl~ed. Mr.
Prynne, upon the reading of it, obfcrved, upon the
Providence of God, That the Bill fhould be brought
in at the'very Time, which was upon the lame Day
twelve Years, that the King's Trbd was agreed on.
He therefore moved that feme others of the Regi-
cides, who had furrendered themfelves, Should be
put into this Bill and' now executed, particularly
the Lawyers, and named Garland. Captain Titut
feconded this Motion, and named Sir Har4r*fi Wal-
ler, who, hefaid, was a Fenfioner to the late King,
faying. The Turhi would not eat the Bread of any
Man they meant to betray ; and that a Reman Ser-
vant, who betiaycd his Mailer, though for the pub-
lic Good, was executed. Lord Jng'ur delivered a
Provifo to the Bill, to fecure a Judgment ^ven to-
Col. Ingoldfhy, by Sir Rardufi Walitr, for aooo/.
which was in 1658. Mr. Prynnt againft it, unlelV
the Conveyance was examined. But the Lord Falen-
tia and Sir. H'luag* Finch fpeaking for the Provifo,
it was ordered to be part of the Bill. Mr. Ratdife
offered another Provifo for the Allowance of juft
Debts and Legacies. Sir Richard Onjlaw for it.
SiifohnNBrtbcot was for throwing it out, and leav-
ing them to the King's Meicy, Sir Hmiagt Finch
againft it. Mr. Goodrick was for altering the Pro-
vifo, elfe, he faid, honeft Men might be puniflied, as
Weil as the Guilty. Lord Faientia, againft it. Sir
of E N.G LAND.
IftlHam Ltviii voted i t to be pall out, as it was then An.
penned. Mr. Bamfitld moved for amending the Bill ^
in feveral Places, elfe, as it is, moft of the Convey- 1
ances in England would be dcHroyed. But, our Au-
thor lay^. Sir Hiniage Finch gave a very good An-
fwer to 3JI his Objcflions.
T.hc Debate continuing, Col. Shapcet moved to
date the Exceptions, not from 1642, but 1648. He
was fecoaded by Mr. Slivrns. Serjeant Giyn like-
Vife was againft thofe general Words, difurs ctherty
in the Bill, becaufe it was uncertain who was meant
by them ; upon which it was voted, That thofe Words
be omitted, Mr. HtUti and Mr. Pryttnt were for
malting the Exceptions from 1647, and not 1642.
Sir Sohmtn SwaU, from 11S42. Serjeant Raynesftrd,
■for the Retrofpefts of Settlements to be 1642. Mr,
Young anfwered. That he thought, in 1642, they
^ad no Defign againft the King's Life ; and moved
for 1647, Towhich Mr. Knight replied. That he
Jcnew they had, for he heard Hugh Ptteri preach to
^at £(Fe^ lo;)g before, and moved for 1 642.
Captain 7iiui was for dating the Time from the
firft OyertrA^ that ever was (hewed ^ainlt'tbe
King, which was when the Lord EJftx routed the
King's Forces in 1645, and when in all their Com-
iniiEons the King's Name was left out. Sir t^ifiam
Lewis was from 1647. ^^- P^^""^} f™m 1643.
' Mr. Trevcr faid. That loo great a Retrofpeft would
punilh innocent People, and not thole who had of-
fended. Mt. Gill, for a Retrofpe3' to 1647. Sir
Tbomat Metres viAiiot i(>\2y frying, Thatheheard
Sem fay. That be intended the King's Death from
ib^2,- Sir George Bettb faid, In 1642 thefe Regi-
cides were fo inconfidcrahle, that ihey had no Eftatci
to make Settlements of, ahd moved for it to be from
J647. Ldrd Falentta faid, There was no fuch Re-
trofpeil, either in the Cafe of the Powder-Traitors*
or the h!Jh Rebels j ntithcr could he think thcfo
People' had the Crime in their Thoughts in 1642 }
therefore moved to have their Retrofpeft only from
1647. Lord Falkland fpoke for 1642. Mr. Alien
faidt That 1642 Vould &«our too mucb of Reflec
tieni
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°- '*?"■ '^'tion; and was for 16+5. ^r Htneagt Finch faid»
' , That no Perfon wag reflcfled on intentionally by
CtHinbcr. 1648 )-i)ut, left it fliould be thought fo, to amend
the Bill and make it from 1&46 : Which, after all
this long Debate, was ordered accordingly,' and that
the Bill flioul4 pafs. Refolved alfo, That the Title
^f it fhould be, An Aa fer the Attainder of fevtral '
fiffoai guilty of the horrid Murder of his mt Sttcrtd
Mafefly King Charles the Firji. ' '.
Dectmbtr 8- The Houfc of Common? refolved
into a Graiid Committee, about the A£t for a Six-
.Months AffcOinent, at 70,000 /. per Month, Sip
Heneogt Finch in the Chajr. This BiW, our Diary
■fays, was debated. Paragraph by Paragraph, and
great Oppofition made to alterii;g the Rates, divers -
'urging that their Counties wece too unequally taxe<J.
But, after half an Hour's Debate, it was refolved the
Tax Oiould be after the old Rate in the laft Bill. It
being then debated. Whether the King's menial
Servants fbould pay tg this Tax, it was thought fit
, not to infei^t any fuch Claufe, but toilet the Bill gO,
gen^eral as it is, for alii. Perfons to pay. ' It was mo-
ved alfo by divers for altering the Preamble to the,
Bill, and itwas referred to a'Sub-Commttt<eto do
it, andtodraw up Rules inorder todifliand the Na-
vy at (he lead Chaise. Buttotbis it was objc£led
that ho Committee coiild appoint a Sub-Committee ;
but that the, Queftion mull be, To report this De-
T)ate,tothe Houfefirft, and then the Houfe to name
a Committee. The Speaker having refumed the
Chair, Sir Hentagt Finish reported this laft Senfe to, .
\ the Houfe, on which a Committee waa'appointed
accordingly.
The fame Day the Lords returned the Order,
, lent up to^hem heforpi for takitig up the Bodies q^
Cnrntvellf (^e, with a fmall Addition to it, which
was agreed tO{ fo that qow the whole Order, '*St
entered m both the faurnali^ ftands ^hus, vi%.
Rrfoluiloni^^ for * Refolved, by the Lords and Commons afipmbW
Bod'in rf CraB- '" Parliament, X^'^t the Carcaflcs of Oliver Crem~
mtltf&c. . p.ili^ Htnry Jlx'itttt ^thn Br^awt, Xhttpat Pryde^
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^whether buried in mflm'infltr-Abhej, or elfewhere) A". t*^.r, 1
■be,, with all Expedition, taken up, and drawn upon
a Hurdle to Tyburn, and there hanged up in theii oeccmber.
Coffins for feme Time i and, after thiit, biiried un-
der the raid Gallows : And that Janus Norftlk, Efqi
Seijeant at Arms, attending the Houre of Com-
hions, do take Care that this Order be put in
irScdual Execution by the common Executioner for
the CounW of Middlifex ; and all fuch others, to
^hom it wall refpefilvely apperttin, who are requi^
Ted, tn their feveral Places, to conform to, anH ob'
fervc, this Order, with Effefl ; and the Sheriff of
MiidUfix is to give his AiEftance herein, as there
)(hall be Oecalion ; and the Dean of Wtftminfltr it
defired to give 'Dire£tions to his Officers of the Ab-
' bey to be affiHant in the Execution of this Order.
' Dfcemttr lO, This Day, on a Motion of the
JjOiiVeliaH^y the Continuance of 1200/. a Week,
' ifor the Support of the Garrifon of Dunkirk till the
sjtb Inflj^nt, and after tiiat to be at the Ring's
<Siaige, was ordered. Alfo that the Cuftom, Con-*
tributlons, and other Revenues, arifing from the
Fort of Dunkirk, fball go to the Maintenance of
the faid Ganifon. ^
TheConimQns went igwn 7nto aGrand Com*
'fiiittef onthe monthly Tax, Sir Heiuage Pinch in
the Chair ; and, after feveral Debates concerning
"it, the Speaker went into the Chair, and Sir Hent-
0j;«reported the Defircs of _the Houre, To name a
Committee for bringing in Rules for the Payment of
tbe Fleet ; which was d<»ie, and they to fit that Af-
CeAtoon*. ^
, Mr. Prynne moved in Behalf of the Captives of
Aigia-si but Mr. Knight oppofed it, unlets the Hbufc,
be faid, was certainly informed of the Particulars.
On a Motion, however, of Col. Blrcb, a Commit-
tee was appointed to inquire how many Captives
there are in ^/;f«rj, and bow much Money will do
to redeem them from thence.
Some private Matters engroflcd the Houfc of Com-
looni now for fbme Time, i^cb we Hull pa6 over
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An. i« Cir. ll.to come at more material ; but, by the Way, it may
^ '^"^ be neceflary to mention an Affair, already taken
Decenbcr f"""^ Notice of, reUting to the defraying the great
Expence the City of Z.d»i/0n had been at, in Pagean-
try and other Decorations, for the Solemnity of the
King's Return; and in order for the Sitting of the
Parliament. Capt. 77rwand Siri!icAafi^£r«*'» mov-'
ed for a Reimburfement of thofe Charges ^ and were
followed by Lord Valtniia, Sir WiUiam Leuiis, and Sir '
William Vincent \ who faid. That if thofe Things had
not been done, the Speaker would not have fat in his
Chair at that Time. Sir Thsmas Bludwsrib and Mr,
Trtlawny fpokc for not putting it fo much as to the
■Queftion : But Sir Richard Onfivi was againft it j bc-
caufc, he faid. Every other City and Corporation in
the Kingdom might take Example and petition like.<
wife. Sir 'John Narthcet moved. That the Lord May-
or and Common Council fliould pay them. Mr. Tre-
vtr faid. He was for the Motion then, though when
it was moved before he was againff it. Mr. Bedurda
was for not giving Caufe of Difcontent to the City,
. butto grant their Motion. Sir Hentage Finch was alfo
for it ; fmce, as he faid, the Bill was only to charge
the City amongfl: themfelvcs. One or two Members,
as Mr, Harris and Mr. Baker, fpoke againft it ; the
latter arguing, That, if it palTed, it would include all
their Landlords; meaning, we fuppofe, the Owners
of the Houfea where the Members lodged. However,
after all this Debate, the Houfe divided, Whether a
Bill (hould be brought in to the Effect mentioned ; but,
upon the Divifion, the Nocsyielded before the Door
was fhut ; whereupon Capt. "Titui was ordered to bring
inaBlUthenextMorning. AfterthiswaspafTed, Mr.
Teung flood up and moved. That there might be Leave
- given foi the Country alfo to bring in a Bill for thtir
Chaises, though he faid he was againft the lall. This
Motion, our Diary tells us, was feconded by feveral |
but was broke off by Mr. Ptdley's, reporting (bioe A-
mendmcnts to the Revival of the Poll Afl.
A great Debate arofe upon this Queition, Whe-
tbet thofe that a^ed as Eftiuiies undei the iormv
Govera-
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Govemmcnr, and by the A^ of the former Parlia-An. t« Cu. n*
ment, tbouldnowpay as fuch; which was vote J that , ' ' .
they £hould. Mr. Prjmti moved. That all thofe DccoMber.
who fdt as Lords in the Lords Houfe of Parliament,
under Oliver, fliould likewife pay as fuch. But
Mr. BetUirda was againft it ; faying. That this was
the Way to fet a Penalty, and fo contrary to the
A&. of Oblivion ; on which the Motion was dropt.
Sir Gtar^t Hawe was for explaining the A£l, what^
and how much, Minifters ihould pay. This was
feconded by Sir Antheny jtjbliy Coaptr; but no more
. is faid than that ±e Amendments fliould pafs.
The Bufinels of fettling a proper Revenue on the >
■ King, in Iicu of his anticnt Right to the Court of /
Wards, was not yet determined by Commiffioners} (
for this Day Mr. Mmtagu reported from the Com-
mittee to whom it was referred. That they had
agreed upon fevcral Provifoes, or Claufes, to be
added to that Bill : Firft, That this BUI fliould not
prejudice any demeliie Lords, as to Fines, Penalties,
l^c. This was twice read, and, upon the Quellion,
agreed to. Another Motion was made, by Sir jfn-
ihany Ajhlty Ceeftr, That, in Cafe of Wardfliips, if I
the Father of the Child fliould die, the Grandfather I
might, by Deed 01 Wilt, difpofe of his Grandchild : I
On wfaich the following Debate enfued : \
Mr. Thurlaiid yraa againft itj faying. That it didTIwAflMrofthe
belong to the Mother by the Law of Nature j nei-S^"f ^"^
dier did the Mother's fccond Marriage deprive her
of it. Mr. Chafe and Sir yehn Gljn fpoke againft.
Sir Ifaker ErU for, the Provifo. Mr. Secretary
Marrice faid. The End of the Bill was to preferve
Eftates ^ and for that Reafan it was fitter the Ward-
fhip fhould be in the King's Hands than the Mo*
thcr's, who might fpcnd it voluptuoufly, as was too
often feen, he fiiid, now-a-days. He thought the
Grandfather fhould have the Wardfhip rather than
the Mother, bccaufe, if fhe marry again, you give
it to a Stranger ; and moved to accept the Provifo.
Mr. WinfieU faid. Sir miii&m Msrrkt was paft the
Miridiaaofhis Age, and fo.he thought him no com-
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'■ ■*-?"' ^' patent Judge of this Matter : That many Grandfa*-
, thers might Jive to doat, and marry young Women \
Uecembw. and tlierefore was againft the Provifo. Seijeant
Maynard moved to lay it afide, and leave jt to the
rex Parliament. Sir Richard Tipple tax the Pro-
vifo ; faying, A Father in-Law could not be fo ad-
vantageous, inthisCafe, as the Grandfather. 'Mr.
Bievem fpoke on the Tamt; Side, urging a Cafe which
happened in Gkuctfterfliin^ where a Woman mar-
lied her fecond Husband, one Mr. Bfitheridgt., and
went away with him into France with the Children*
and there bred them up in Monafteries. Lord
CaJlleiM againft it ; urging another Cafe, where the
Grandfather married a young Woman. Mr. T'oi&S
StevtaSf to lay It afidc at prefcnt. Lord Fatkland
was againft iheProvifo; urging. That the Mother
had naturally more Love for ihc Child than die
Grandfather, Mr. Teung for the Provifo, efpecially
in Cafe the Mother mirry again. Sir Edward
Turner agaiiift it ; faying, A young Wife might
draw away the Grandfather's A^e£tJons to another
Troop of Children ; and moved to difpatch the KU
, without this Provifo. He was fecondcd by Lord
Howard. Mr. Prjnru was for it, and pleaded fat
the Grandfether y concluding, Muliet* ru credos, .
Lord Bruce againft it j and mentioned fevcral M<^
thers who had married difcreetly. Mr. Trevar '
fpoke againft the Provifo, becaufe there was not
Time enough at prefent for it. Mr. Helles, to lay
it afide now ; but faid. It was not fit that a Stranger
jhould have the Grandfather's Eftate, and therefore
was for the Provifo. Sir SohTnan Swale againft it,
unlcfs they tied up all Widows from marrying.
Lord Falenlia Tigainft the Provifo ; faying. The Law
already gave it to the Mothers, and they wctc more
tender than a Grandfather could be. Mr. Ferrtrs
and Sir Thomas Metres were both againft the Pro-
vifo ; the latter faying, That if you take away the
Son from the Mother, you debar her of Marriage.
Thus, after a long Debate, the Queftlon being put,
Whet^er this Provifo fliould be received and read,
it Aas tAiiicd in the Negative without any Divilion.
Mr.
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--%{r: l^tcn; olTcTcd an Amendment, to the Bill of An.
Txcife, wiucb wa», 'Tfaat tile Duty for Cyder and
}W*y be taken off. Hfe urged 'the great Quantity
■d both' which wn made iti Deoen/hire ; that Gen-
-demen there muft b« fubjcA lo ExCifeinen ; and
ihat k- would not gain- the King loop/. a-year. He
faid. That /Mwi -wai the firft County that de-
, <clarcd for a Free Parliament ; and' that this ImpoH-
tlon would be a fad Requital : Therefore he moved
^at none fhould pdy Excife for Cyder, but fuch as
-fell-by Retale. Our Diary fays. That feveral Mo-
tions were made againft this laft Affair. Col, Birch
■fMt ^hat for diic Ht^fhead that was fold by Reule,
■ftpTty *ere fold -otheii^&ys. Sir Richard Temple
laid. There was as much Reafon for Cherry Or-
'chards as for Apples, aii3 moved for the Qyeftion.
''iA'uAlU/t and Sir Htntagi Finch -wets for letting the
■•Bill go as it was, left the whole Duty be ftruck at.
■Mr. SwiJi/ifl^rtiovfedj'That only (he Retaler (hould
•fMiy, and the Woi-d uhirwiff^MioM. Ordered ac-
~ coidirigly, and that the Bill be ingrofl^d.
-B«m4#r jj. The-Timcof DifTt^ioijinotii' prcf-
' fing -upon thaPftrliamtnt,. the Commons made a*
' Refohition to fit every Afternoon till further Orders. '- r of tS*
■A private Bill from ^ the Lords had been fcnt^jji ^f ^^^
- 4oWn, for- reftorkig of Charla Earl of Derby to the debited.
• t»bflcffion of bH the Manors, Lands, Wr whkh hc-
Xoa^^tt yamts\HK^at\af Derby, his Father ; which i
■wan thri Day read a firft Time, but not without
lame Debate about it.
- 'Mr. PryttneaT^eA againEl the Bill ; becaufe, he
faid, It repealed all his Lordfhip's otvn At^s and .
« De^ds, which wodSd deftroy the AtS for confirming
I'JidieialProceedingslatctypafled, and moved tothrow
' it out : On which the Speaker obferved. That no one
could move to throw out a Bill which came from
■ the Lords, but it ought to be queftioned whether to-
lead it again or not ; which would be a handfome
■ laying it afide. Col. Kiifg and Mr. Knightiey vieie
aigainit the Bill' ; the latter faying, The Purchafcrs
of his Lordfhip's Lands were owned by him todo
VoL-XXlIL D him
L;,.....,C".OOglc
50 Ti>f_ Parliamentary "H i s t o x y
".?*■■ "'himaCourtcfy at the Time tbey bought tbem j kA
^ , '_ ' f .tbcrefore he moved to Jay the Bill quietljr Kfidr.
p^ccmbcf. ^r. Rigbyvia:i the only Manthatfpokefor the B>11;
and he only faid. That his LordQiip would repay lU
^ PurchaTer^ Monies ; and, in particular, woitU
payback, lor one Purchare, 17,000/. whiclf coft
buti7aoV,. Notwithftandingthis the Bill wasJaift
afide,, for ibere is no Ordw enterad for a facooJ
Reading.
Another, but longer. Debate happened this Day>
on a Bill Capt. Ttiut brought in^ by Order, fw. en-
abling the City of Lendsn to raifc Monies for defray-
ing the lixpences of providing Trophieif f^e, M
the Solemnity of the King's Reftoiationj which'
was read a ftrft Time.
Dclntc tm the Ml' Prynnt was againft paffiiig ^is Bill} till the
Cityrf UniUn-, City had paid their Poll Money. Col. King argued,
■ ^T&t. '^'^ 'T''^*' 'f '•*'" ^il' w" allowed to pafs, they muft <fo
the fame Favour to every City and County that
fliould deilre it j and therefore he was for laying it
a&dc. Capt. Titui fpolce earneltly for the Bill ; &y-
' ing, It was the Defire of the Lord Mayor and Cool-
mon CuwKil of the Ci^, who rcquefted >t of them.
fdr/HarrU againA itj faying. It was only a Delign
of fomc few Officers of the City to promote the Bill
,fbrtheirown Advantage. Sir Richard Brown faid, It
would rejoice the Fanatic Party highly tp have tbt
Bill thrown out, (i^ce they deny to pay towards it.
Lord Bruee and Mr. Knigot fpoke for it. Mr. Herry
Eyre faifL, The Deflre came . from a few Pertons
only, and not from the major Part i and moved to
-lay the Bill afide,' or elfc to read it To-morrow
Se'nnight, which was the next Day after ihc RiGng
of the Houfe. yir. Baker was fur calling it out j
and faid,' Not one in twenty in the City weie for it, '
' and urged the Bill was an Innovation. Sir StltmoH
SwaUM6Co\.. Birch were for the Bill; Uv. Baf-
. tawen agamft it. Lord Voltniia for it, and urged
the City's Readinels to deliver us all from the late
Tyranny. Sir Geerge. Booth fpokc for it, becaufc,
. be faid, he faw no Petition againft it. On the
whole, . the Queftion being put. Whether to read '
. -the
■^-ENGLAND. igi
ttie Bill upm <ln Sattirday riwt^ it was carried in An. uctr. It.
ibc ^ffirihadve, 114 againft 56. - <^*°-
The SoUicitar-General, Sir thntag* Fincb^ " "*
brought in a BiH from the Cammittee for fettling on
^e KiD;> during his Life^ the other Moiety of the
£xcifeonB^r« Ale, and other Liquors j whic^ w^
rcai twice, ai^ ordefcd to be referred to a Grand
Cornmittee, vAwf were to fit (bat AftertMoni «nd lb
Je Pie in Ditm tiU that Bufmels wasdrfpatcbed.
As it hat cnr been the-Cuftom of Parlirment to
^ upon Grievances whenever fubfidial fiilb were
in Citation, fo now* when this grand Settlement
on the Crown was before.the Commons, this t^d
A^r was refumed. t but it was fomewhat odd to
talk of Grievances in a Government ia newly efta-
Uillied} though opoa its old Foundation. Th«
£.ea^er, if this Debate give3' him any Satisfa£!ion,
maft praife the Memory of die Author of the Diary,
fo often mentioned, for it : for from that Authori^
alone the whole is taken- -
Sir H<alur .Erli tnoved to do fomewhat for thfcOn the BiU for
(i»d of the People, in Heu of thefc great faymenis'i ^6 ™*,l^i^
and complained of fome Difoiders in the Amiy. foi Lif«,
He fald. That Soldiers had come into Sotok Houfes
be knew of, an<l,'C2lliDg the People itsundbtadt^
-faad done much. Mifchief; which he- amoved might
be taken Care of. This Motion wai i&Condcd by
-Sir ?"^ NiFtbcft, fvho movedfsr a Committee tt>
coiifider of jt, Uld prefen't tte Grievances' to the
.Lords ; and if riiey. would not .redrefs them, tlien
this Houfe to rembnftrate to the King; Col. Kixg^
complained sgahpll the arbitrary Power of Lord^
lieutenants, paiticuWly the hordiLiirij. Mr.
Stnmis laid. That as he had Kved an Englilb-
nwi, be delired to die fo, and bri to leave his Po-
.Aerity Slaves. He fpoke alfo agarnll the Lord»
Lieutenants, and tiloved for a Committee to examine
all AbufesI ^\\\G(trgt £»^^ for tbe fame ; bying.
There were, very great Abuies abroad. Mi. Paimtr
moved to check Col. K'fg^ who mbftook bis Inform
mation concerning' L>oid Vtrhy. Mr. H^rvy Hiuf
ftrfird fpoke alfo againll the Exotbiiancies j aver*
Dl ring,
L\_...,C".ooglc
n, la 'Ctn;4Lruig> Tbati ttr Jiis:Know)edg^, In 'foOw P!aees»
.i<6». ^j. gjrf. a-day was «xa£lcd-for each Trooper, inti
^^l^tLIHU 'thiscrpccirily whUft. the Parliatnent' is fitting ;'and
iCnHrcdto acqasant. the JCing with tbefeGrievanees.
Sir Hdinagi Fixebim, The R^tmedy-wasto bfe
■ bad without .foing out of the Door i it was but to
licfumeihe Debate of the Militia, ' wheret^ allthefe
.Abufcs m^ht be tcg^lated. He moved againft any
Remonftunce ; which, he faid, was the Wildemc^
in which at firft they wandered to Deftruflion", and
was not for having them fully the Glory of their
lOficrtng, the ^Revenue, with ' a Complaint to the
King atihc fuiie Titnc.
1 The JJebatB ftili continuing, IjozA 'Hntierd fuA^
That tbeCe Campbints were not fo univerfal as fome
nrould make them. Hejuftified t^eDiClriSnherehe
.had to do from any fuch Thing ; but that it all might
.be remedied by refuming the Militia-Bill. Mr.
BatKiltyviais iatitiied there wcsefiich Abufes donet
but faid, That in his Country all was- quiet, by the
Gareof the Lord-Lienccnant there ; yet was for a
Bill to rcQiain all. Mr. Bamfield acquainted tfic
Houfe, Thathe had -a PetitiMi given him, by one,
againft tbeLord XUrty, about a Mimfter ixpt out
of hia Church, whilft another was put into k hy
X>ord Eteriy't Soldiers, wbo bad taken Poflcffion df
tbcMinia«r'8:HDufe: That Aey tnock'd him down
Jevecal Times, crying. Is the Regui living fii^
That tbeyaHb knocked down his Wife, whidi math
fbcr mifcarry ; and, after thus injuring them, turned
tbcm bothoutof Doors, He added. That Pspifts
^vercfetupon Hafeli^h), andinlhncedMr. Filey aJtA
lAi. Mttra^ wbofe^Horfcs wercfo fet out : £ut yet,
•he faid, ThaC^ in all thefe Compleinis, there was Ao
-ReAe&iDn thrown upon his Majelly, but on thofe
employed under him. He thou^t the -Bill far the
.Militia coold'.noc tkiw be finifbed in Time; but
, jpoved toacquaiu the King withMhefc Matters,- and
'defire.hisCare and Reproof thefeirt." In Anfwer to
«fais Clw.i^e:.agaiDfl the -Lord- /W*// Soldiers,
i&T, RigSf ■ SixtA up and faidf That he came thro'
- . the
(b) So in the Minulcrijit } but.lhc Mtuing unkntYti.
^'l.,.,., Google
f- ETN G L A N'DI . jij -
theTownwheic thft Miniftcr lived, anddwtit hun-*"-" ti"- H.'
felf not far from thence, and he heard nothing of" . """■ .
tftia great Compraint made by M^, Bamfitld : But,. d«SS«~^
fincc he got to Town, (reheard that this Mlnlfter,,
Mr. Jf^^, rcfdfcd to ^ve Obedience to a Reple-.
vfn, which caufed a great Oppofition by the Sheriff's '
Officers, and fomc Violence was offtrcd him on that"
Account : That he got Guns into 'his H6ufe to op- .
pofe the lawful Miniftcr, who was cpme to take'
Poffcflion; and therefore left it to (heHoufcto con-
fer of this Complaint.
■ Sir Samutl Jemi moved for the Militia Bill, that '
(hey might know, he /aid, how to govern and be
governed. Lord FalklaAd told the Houfe, That the
|£'"g had taken Care for all thefe Things ; and'
moved tftgo to the Bufinefs of the Day. Sir Anthanj ,
Ajhley Capper (aid, Thofc Things had no Approba-
tion from hi?Maje(ly, but Checks i and nlov'ed for.
a Law to know how to walk by a Rule i but to pafs
(Ti'er^ruch Things as could not be juftified.
The reft of this Debate was of no great Signifi-"
Cancyj Sir ^fl/jtA,./^(M" complained of Exorbitan-"
pes, and mpved, ^ f^nd for fotnc of the Offenders','
Sir Jehn jS«to)Wf deCred that all Counties might not)
be afperfed for the Wrongs done in one, and was for'
an A£t. Colonel Shapcoi^ againll raifing Money by.
pthers whilft the Parliament is fitting, Mr. Gaed-
mk was for -a Conference wJth the Lord,s. At laft,
Serjeant Maynard moving for fome Amendments' to
be made to the old Militia Bill, it was ordered^
' That the Qrand Qon^inittee do meet that Afternoon;
fboutit ■ ' '
Decemhtr. 14. This Day fomewhat remarkable:
liappened, in regard to the Rules of the HOufe-
Serjeant Maynard moved, That the Speaker would,
repiove all Perfons that 'he obfcrved talking, or .
but whifpering, or readings Paper. Very foon after,^
and whilft a Bill was reading, the Speaker tools; No-
tjcof fome (jentlemen that were talking near the
Bar; whereupon it was ordered^. Th^t if any Gen^
• Di ' tteman,
L\....,Ck")oglc
5+, ^ P-ar^Ofrmtifry HiSTpRV
An,titi^. n.(1einBn, for the future, fliould fiand attheBsr, he
i^^^°^ , fligiild forfeit Twelve- pence.
^ Few , Debates were in the Houfc now for fome
Days, uid BufinerSi went on without tbem. Some
Reports from the Committee for fettling the other
Moiety of the Excife on Beer, t^e. as atfo on the
^ill fpr an Excife on Inland and Foreign'Com-
moditJes, were received and put forward by the
I^oure.
Dee. 1 5. The fiifl Bill for fettling an Equivalent
on the King for taking away the Court of Wards,
was, this Day, pafled in the Houfc of Commons,
after 2 great Number of Additions, Alterations, and
Amendments made to it. The Bill for fettling the
other Moiety, -tSe, was referred to Manday,
Pef. 1 7. The famous Mr, Afiltan having now
laid long in Cuffody of the Serjeant at Arms, was
lileafed by Order of the Houfc. Soon after Mr.
Andrtvi ^nrzi;/ complained that the Serjeant bad
exacted J 50 /. Fees of Mr. Millon ; which was fe-;
conded by CoL King and Col. Shapcal. On the
confrary, Sir Henrage Finch obferved, That Mi/tan
yias Latin Secretary to Cremweil, and deferved hang-
ing. However, this Matter was referred to the
Oommiitce of Ftivileges to examine and decide the
DifFcrencc.
' This Day alio the Bill for the other Settlement
Tl^J^^^iUon the Kof; was read and paffed. Alderman Bad-.
piflcd, well's rrovifo (or 28,450/. being firft admitted,
' Sit yahn Nertbcot made a Motion, That there
might be 5 or 6000/. given to the King to buy
Jewels for the Crown, the reft being flolen from
it ; feconded by the Lord Falentia, and to make it
up 10,000/. as a Mark of ijie Favour of the Houfe,
having taken away fuch a Jewel from the Cr9wn as
the Ciurt of Wards. Mr. Prynni was alfo for thq.
Motion i but for Sir Henry Alildmay to pay it, ba-
ying,,. as he faid, flolen the former.
ford Howard Wis for the Motion, as alfo S>r
ffilliem Lrwiu who moved for laying a MoniliV
' . ' *" Affeir-
' " ' l_....C.ooqIc
.»/ ENGLAND. jj .
A^flment to r^ife the K^aney, ratber than chargcAn. ti C«r. If*
it on the Excife, according to others. Sir Hmtefi , ''^°' .
Fintb fecondcd this lail Motion i and accordingly Dt.-ciobu
it was ordered) That a Month's AlTclIhient, after
the Ra^e of 70,000/- ^f Mtnftmt^e granted and
givcQ to the King towards the Charges of his M»-
je^'c Coronation, and to buy Jewell for the
Crown, fuitable to his Honour and Grandeur, and
as a Memorial of the Refpeft and ARedioh of this
Houfe to his Sacred Majefty.
Mr. Taung moved to co»{idcr thofe that were
ji)(lrua>enta] in the King's Prefervatipn, after the
Baltic of Wmcijitr^ and named Col. FratnU Wind-^^ wimii«m
bam ; adding. That there was loQo/. offered tOTE»ii4ed fat p»,
take the Kipg, and the Rfmans ^iM to give Re-^»«»*«'i"'(
wards to any that prcferved a private Citizen. Sir ^ ^^Jj^^"'*
J»b*e NtribfM was againft iti dying. There were
mafiy of the lil^e Nature concerned, and was for
leaving of it to the King. On (his our Diary tells
us Ccl, fVtwiham himfelf ftood up and f^id, That
theA^itfelf was a fufficient Reward; and there-
fore h^ did not pfefs for any oh that Account, but
■Qodeftly mov^ to go to the publjc Bultnefs. Mr.
HaUts moved to give him the public Thanks of the
Houfe. IfOrd FaVda*4, fqr a Jewel. Lord Bruct
delired the Motion might not die. Lord faltntla,
for the folcmn Thanks of the Houfe. Mr. BHtick-
Ity moved for rewarding both his ^lodelly and his
Merit with a Jewel of 1000/. Value, chargeable
on the Arrears of llie Excife. This Motion was
accepted and ordered accordingly ; afLcr which, by
another Order of the Houfe, the Speaker addrefled
hintfelf to the ColoneJ, in ibefc Words, as they are
entered in iheir Jsurnah : Mr. lVti:dham, " You ■
perceive vvh^t Notice the Hogfe hath t^V^n of your
great and eminent Service, whereby it pleafed God
to make you inftrumenial in the Safeguard and Pre-
fervation of his Majefty's Sacred feifon ; a Blefling
'^e have all ah Intereft in. We have had many
defpairing Years ; and, by your Means, we have
l^ecn laifcdout of the Grave of D(.fpairandConfu-
isfSi : And therefore I am commanded, in the Name
■ " . P ♦ of
58 The Par/iamfftfiiry History
Ai.MC»r.ll.of this Houfe, and thofc they reprefem, thcCom-
^ ' . ' , mons of England, to give you, and I do accordingly
DcowbR. gi™ yoa, their hearty .Thanks."
« Orderedi That the Houfc dafit this Afternoon,
and that the Lords be defired to do fo too, by realbn
of the great Weight of Bufme6 to be done before
, the Rifing oi' the Houfe.'
Capt. 7i*«J reported the Bai for the Settlement
of the Poft-Office, with the' Amendments ;- which
were agreed to. Sir ^fl/r'£W* delivered a Pro- '
vilb for the Letters, of all Members of Parlia-
ment to go free during th'clr 'Sitting, ■ Sir Hintage
Fiiub faid, It was a poor mendicant Provifo, and '
below the Honour of the Houfc. Mr. Ptynitt
Jpoke alfo againft the Provifo. Mr. BunciUy-, Mr.
Befcaivev, Sir Gierge Dimming^ and Serjeant Charl-
tittt forit; the latter faying, Ihe'Council's Letters
Wert free. The Queftion being called for, the
Speaker was unwilling to put it, faying, He was '
aOiamed of it ; nevertheJefs the Provifo was carried
and made Part of the Bill, which was ordered to be'
iiigrolfed.
in the Afternoon of this Day, the B^l againft
planting T-obacco in England palTed the Commons,
which w as all of Moment that was done. The
Diary tells us that an ingrofled' ^ill, for a SupfJy
of the Defcfls of the Poll Bill, was debated two
Hours, when it was adjourned to the next Day }
but gives none of the Arguments upon it.
Dm. 18. A Letter from the King, direaeil to
L«tterirrantlie,j,5 Speaker of' the Houfe of Commonsj was read,
^^ng^'inW'" Behalf of Vice-Adralral Law/en, to confirm to
LmfM, himsooA a Year, given to him by the Parliament
in Ftbruary laft. This Letter of the King's was
attended by one alfo from the Duke of Hri, on
the fame Occafion ; anfilhcr from the Duke of Al*
birmarle, and a Petition from Sir J^l"' Latvftti him-'
- fcir. On all which a curious Debate cn.fucd, which
explains a Paflage entered in the Jturtutb^ whilrh,
without it, ti unintelligible:
Sir
Sir Jnllxmf /riyfitft-mrc'epted again*' that Paf'** **^' "^
(age in the King's Letter, TrfiichMlIs them a Par- ' ^^^^
liament in Ftbruarj laftj when they were then, he DMaaMx
did, no more than'the Ramp of a Pirliament. —
Upon whitA the Mi^mben of the HotrTe, who wercQc^at* mim-
of the King's Council, were ordered to acquaint bis Um>
Majdly with die Miftake, and the ReaTon u^y the
Thing Was obftruited.
Then Admiral Latuftn's Petition was read ; and
Sir 'Jahn Ntrthcot ftiovcd, ThM the Clerk (hoald '
feirch the Book to fee if any fuch Order was made.
Sir jfrnslii Breame! jilQaSiei the Fidelity of Lavj/bn ;
iaid how long he had been accjuainted with him*
and what Difcourfe he hiid,' tcflifying his Loyalty in
^hc Time of the Rump ; and that the King might '
»S fafely trull him as himfelf: That the Admiral'
would venture and eng^ for the King as much as
any Man, if he might hut have Liberty of Con*
fdence; and he he^rd him fay, Thatif theGovcrn-
ment of the Nation fliould be in one Perfon, the*
King was the fiiteft Perfon for it i that tho' indeed
itmight be objefted that he toot the -Oath of Ab-
juration, yet he was compelled to it ; and tho' he'
came up to the Mouth of the River, and made fuch.'
a DecUration aga nft the King, that was upon..
Compullion alfo, and his Heart was right ; as it
could be teftified by the Earl of' Bath and Lord'
Mordaunt, who had the Information from himfelf.
To this extraordinary Harangue S\i WiUiam fpyidt
leplied. That he knew Law/on to be fo fufEcient a
Traitor, that he deferved no Reward, having ab-
,JDred the Royal Family, and affifted the Committee '
of Safety ; That he dcfired Liberty of Confcience
only as a better Pretence to rebel hereafter j and
his //, at the King's Government, was a fufficLent
Argument againft him. Mr, Pryme faid. There
was a Vote pajTed for him, but it was by the Rump,
^ to the end he might ferve. Point-blank, againll the'
King i and moved the Houfe to let him have wha{
lie really did defervc.
There was but one Member more, Mr. Shaw,
dot fpoke in Sir Jahn Lawjtdi Favour > and he
only
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, 5* T6ePaHiamcniary Hi ST OS. Y
A«i:« Car. l^'Otily faid, that when he was in Prifon, Sir y»bit a£-.
. '^^ fifted him. But Sir miHam liwii, Serjeant Gfyn^ ,
and Mr. Ho/Us^ calling out to go to the fiufiners of
the Day, this Matter was dropped ; and the Poll
. BiU being read a third Time, was pafied with tome
. Amendinents.
Col. Blrcb reported to the Houfe the State <rf the
public Debts of the Kingdom, (aying, tbere'was yet
to p»y to the Fleet and Army 673,000^ CqL
Ki'tg and Mr. Ktiigbi^ yfito vitst^oi the fame Ckim-
mittce, faid they knew nothing of this : But were
reproved by Serjeant Maynari., who faid. They
ought to fuffer .^be Gcntleipan to go on with the
Keport { and when he. had done, then to objeA
a^ioft him, but not before. The Colonel then
fMrocceded, and faid, That the Debts charged upon
tjie Exchequer amounted to 529,00^/' and were all
Debts befoic the King came ini as well as the Debts
charged ujfton the Excise, whjch cajne to 319,000/. .
, Adjourned to the next Morning.*
Dtctmkjfr 19, Tfais Day the Commons took U
ipto their Heads to grant Rewards to feveral Per- ■
fons who had done hgnal Services for the Royal
Family, or fuiFered greatly for them in the late
'Troubles, On a Petition of Sir Edviard Meffty^'
once Col. MeJJij, the Ul-f4tcd Governor of GUu~
eiflefy a Reward of 3000/. was given him. Si^
^iliam Liv/is mayed fotCapt.Tiiut to have aooo/.
beftowed upon himi for fcis Fidelity and good Ser-,
▼ice!, not for any Debt- This Motion being fe-,
conded by Sir yehn Naribctt, the Houfe ordered hint
3000/. Sir Edward Bruytr moved for Major-Ge-,
nerat Egtrtsn, which alfo was feconded by Sic Q.Mfgf
Boeih ; but nothing done in this Matter. Lord Fa- ,
teniia fpoke for looo/. to be given to Major Philips^
who was Major to Lafigham, which was alfo abor-
tive, as was another Motion for Major AJhwJi. Sir
Hmteg* Finch moved to grant a Reward to Sir Sa'.
mutl JmttSt which fetjhe Houfe into laughing. ' But,
the fame Member moved again to lay all afide, the'
Etcife
©^ENGLAND. ^9
Secifc bring already given to his Majeftjr, it waa not** 'i*f"' "'
iH their Power to grant afty thing out of it. . , '
A Lady conm next in Queflion, to have a Reward, rinaf
for her Courage dnd Condud in the Kine'i Efcape
after the Battle of IVereefitr. Thia was .the &rooiii,j^, ^^ ^
Mrs. £au; but her Caufe took more pleadilig forHn. 7«( £««
than any of the former, for tho'Sir Ciaiunt 7ir«^-*el«»<«.
carton BrA moved for a Reward for her, and he was
followed by Mr. Swinfin, Sir 7#^ Bouytfy who
was for t Jewel of 500/. Mr. Gotdrhkt, Mr. Ftr-
nrif Sir Ribert Brtk^ and Sir Edward Maffty, yet 1
it (net with much Oppofition from otheri. Sir Tt-ww- »
Wiliiami took Occaiion to move for a Reward for
Col. U^indbam'i Sifter, who, he faid, rode fix 0ays 1
with the King, whereas Mrs. Lant rode only two.
Sir Tbmnai Btudtoarth wai for leaving Mrs. Lant to
d>e King for a Reward. Mr. Bvfntan faid, 't'be^
were giving away as freely as if they had all that the
Rump thtMight they had^ which was fo inconfifl-
ent with Monarchy, that he thought the Houfe
wanted an ASt of Indemnity to abfolve tbem ; and
moved to go to tbe Bufinefs of the Day. Sir Harry
Wtrfitj (old the Houfe, They had no Power over th«
Purfes of the People, but only in giving to the Kti^;
and moved. That, rather than do fo, every Mem-
ber fhould give her forty Shillings out of their own
Purfes. Sir /iatbeny Afi>ltj Catptr was for going on
with the public Bufinefs, and faid, He would'never
eonfent to give any Money but to the King. Mr*
Hmgtrftrd faid. By the many GiJia they were be-
fiowing, he thought the Houfe was making its Will,
and moved rather to give the Money to the Poor at
die Door.
On the other Hand, Mrs. Lan^i Advocates were
Col. Bireb and Mr. trivir', which laft moved for
1000/. and was feconded by Sir Riehard Hapiiiu^,
Sir ffiiliam Lntiis faid. That it would fouifd very.-
unhandfomcly abroad, as this Affair had been deba-
ted fo long, if it fbould be now thrown outj and
moved for Mrs. Lane. Sir Jsbn Petti faid, if the
Motion had been made fooner, it had not been fb
long debated j and dvrcibre, ccHdidofing the great
4 PerU
■ . L\_...,C".ooglc
6d'- ^he .BarUamentarf Hisxotey
W^i^'^^Vrtl and: Adventure Ibe tun, and.thb ServKeHw
. ,_ ,. / ,.; „ f did, he tHcm^Mr«.itfw^i«ved,5ooi aF7*i«
nunMtii . AU^tuK wu foe putting the Q^cSton 6ift, Whtthu
this.HeuTehavie a- Power togiv^ Muncy to an^-buc'
the Kingi Hswevcr, Sk //nrjr ATjr/i mbvingfot.
toeoL that Qucftionwaa put, and caened.m the
^ffinnacire^ wi'thoot DivifioD. Soit was rcfidvcd^.
That, asaMarJc of. Refped to Mrs. Xsnr, and in'
TeflioKiB]; of the high Refentmeat and Value of he<--
Serrice^ in being lb figmUyinArumental to the Pre-
Acvalion and Socuiitjr"of tlje Pcrfon of hij Roys^.
Majclly, there be- ccafericd upon her the Sutn of;
^^ . looo/. to buy her a- Jewel ; and that the fame bo
•"" charged 9P the Arreaa of the Gi;and Excifcj ^('
. Dttmhtrit). InflihiAiotii and Rnles fordifcbarw
ingand paying off the Navy vc^e read aitdagreec^
to.
ABHIforiere^ngand ftiuJing a Genera] Letter*.
TbePoft-OffittGflice, by the King's Majcfiy, wu reid. a thkdj
»^;J^ ^* TiHitt Dr. MilU offitrcd a Pitvifo to i^ to except
■rptni r>oin par- the Cmriers of both Univerfitiei^ that they m^jfa^
j^fmLcticti. carry Letters as fomnrly, tiatwHhflanding the Bill.
Mr. Crtutbf. Mr. Bo^nrda, at^d Yii. Clajtaa^ fpolcQ
for it. Col. Sbt^m and Sir AnOiimj, If^^. sgaj!>'t
it. Serjeant 6'^ for theProYifo, urging, hc)WW<^>
comea Canier was to the Scholars; but faid the^
Bill feeraed u if it was drawn by a Scholar, and
memA to have a better, Serjeant Ateymrdy againft
"" thii Provifo, but for fome other that might do tha
Turn J on which it was withdrawn for a Timev
Some other Provifbcs of no Confequence beingoffer"
cdand rejefled. Dr. C/ajrw introduced a ncwoncfbo
the two Univerfiiics, putting Oxfird before Cam-
tridgt ; on which, fays the Diary, a great Debated
arofe whkh fbould be named Arft. Mr. Sfvatftm
arguedj'That, if Itwaspaficdfo, it would bethought
Ihcre-wcie more Oxfird Men than CanAridg* in the
Houfe at this Time ; that every Member in the
Houft was «ither of one, or both, or neither:; anf*
moved to have it faid, of both. Sir GttrgeRttvet.
WU not lot making v Vaiiaocc between two^Sifter^i
by
»/ENTJ-LAN«. ^
^jrmakingthem quarrel, Ifkc Women, aJwutPlace^A*. i»C«.tti
•Sir Thcmat -Metres faid. That, if the'Proiifo pafsM . '"°- .
as it is, it would :(hew tht Orftrd Meacould fift bet- D^^mber,
tcr than Cttttttridget bteaufe, iie obfeived, many of
^tiw- others lycrc gone to Diijntf r. Or^lci^i That it
£0 For 'both tbt Univerfities, and t^t the 3^1 do
thtembefii. Mr. 'fifmt reported from. the Con- ,
inittee what Reconipence was to be givert to the
Officers of theCourt 6f Wards, who would lofc their
Places if.jUoe faid Bill be palled into a Law. Hfc
pTcfented a Lift of the yearly VaTue of thofc Offi-
ces, and of what tke Committee thought ^nEqui-
valent'farthe fame [Which was read, and occaff-
t^d- the fbltowing Debate:
hori'PaleHlia was for laying this Bill adde, fo'Drf^teifcoottke
two Caufes ; becaufe they Icnew not yet whether tbeoscm ol tba
-other Bill would pafiribe King; ind, feaH^ly^ tht^Counof W»ri».
tnewnot on what Fund to charge theMon^y. S(r
■JHmy North fpokc for the Officers j Sir' Jmhny
Irhy and Mr. RmiHUey, againft them. Sir Edward
^vrittr .was for commending thefti to the KJnj;,
■tiiati ^fore the next'PaHiamtnt, he may provide. for
"tbetn; Sir Grtrj^UrtUBiBf, tolay it afide, arid pro-
ceed upon' the Bill' for Fifticry, or any elfc. 'Mr.
■Cbafe"nas againft taking ^way any Man's Offiee
wi^out^Kecompence. mt.Prynne moi"*^, jefi-
■ingly, that every Man thcnKhouId be recomjtenfed*
"MT.'Kn^ht, to lay it afide, and Sir Allen Braderitk^
to'leave itto the King".' Sir, Jjihn Nartbccl iui',' \t
fliould be fct down as a Dipbt j and moved, merrily,
toleave it to the next . PatRaraent. Mr. 0triy as
-meriily, to name CoramJIEoncrs'^o examine their
Lofles againll the next Parliament. Sir Hemagt ,
-fintb was for leaving it to the King, or elfe to the
next Parliament, wim a proper Rccoinmendation of
the Cafe to them. ft^r. yTOWiffi .fpolte againfl any
■' Recpmpence being atlowcd thefe Officers at all, bq-
caufe, hcfaid, it was againft L:iw to buy any Ofiice,
which they did. Col. King and Serjeant' Chartim
were ibr no Recompcnce till the Bill was palled,
* 4 wd
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j(5j8 S^A? ParSkmentary Hi^tort^
An. II Cu.n.and tticiito Iqavfc tbem to the King.- Sir lUiktt
' \ '^^\ _ ^ ' ff^roib told a Story of two Monks that contefteJ
' with a King about buying an Office. He afked a third
Monk, that flood by» What he would give } Who
anfwered. Nothing: Upon which the King gave
bim ihC'Dffice. In like Manner, he faid, be waa
ag^inft' any Recom^nce, becaufe thefe Officers
bought their Places, Upon the whole the Quellioti
being put, whether the Officers of the- Court of
Wards, in cafe the Bill do pafir, be taken intoCoa-
fidcrxtion for a Recompcnce for their Places? it
pafled in the Negative. . ,
Mr. HatUi acquainted the Houfe, That be had
juft met the Lord-ChanccIIor, who .told him the
King had expcfled, ever fince Ycftcrday, to hear
from the Houfe that their Bufincfs was ready,- that
he might diflblve the Parliament: Tberefore he
moved, That this Day and To-morrow all might be
difpatched, fa as they might have nothing to do on
the next, but wait upon the'King. But though the
Houfe took great Pains to perfeft Things, yet they
exceeded Mr. Hoiks' s Calculation feveral Days.
The Bill for a Six Months AilefTment at .70,000 /.
a Month, was this Day read a third Time; on
which Mr. Thames moved, That Sceiland^ might help
to pay fome of the public Debts, or pay ojf the Ar7
my there, they having heretofore received fo much
Money, he faid, from hence, and never yet contri-
butes any thing to the public Debts of tbb Kingdom.
Sir Jvba Naribcot feconded this Motion > or. elle
not to affign any of the Money raifeil here for dif-
banding the Army in Scolleisdj but pay our own Sol-
diers and Sailors. On thefe Motions a Provifo wad
brought in, by Sir Thamas CUtrgis^ for ScatlavH; but
which, after Tome fmall Debate more, was rejected.
■ An Accident happened this Day in the Houfe
of Commons^ which occafioned fome Merrimcirt
amongft them. The Lords fent down two Mefleo-
gers w.ith fome Bills they had palled, with fome
Amendments^ to which the Bearers faid, the Lorda
humbly defired the CoiKurrence of that Hou^.
When thefe were withdrawn, otii Manufcri;^ ^'.'fj
fays,
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of ]E N G L A N'th 6j
.fcijrs, a hcirty Laughter eofiied at the Word SBrnWr,.*"* I'j?*'"*
.ttad fotnc moved to have it fo put down in ihe Jnur- ^ -'■ ^^
ngli, as a Precedent. Ottenbtt.
liheBill for raifing -jOtOOoLks oneMootb was '
-ordered to be ingrolled.
Dectmber 22. The Lords lent down the Poft-Of-
fice Bill with an Alteration, That the Letteri of the
Members of the Hou& of Commons flioiildnot go
free ; to which that Houfe aflented.
A Debate began about Licences for felling ofOnWineIi««.
WiDC, for which a Bill had been brou^t into the*^
HoulCt 'nd fcveral Provifoes and Amendments were
offered to it. Lord yaUntia moved againft all
Mixtures of Wines, fo as to vitiate them ; on
which it waq ordered, that fome fhould withdraw
immediately to pen a Claufe for that Purpofe. Sir
Senry Chobniiy moved, 1'hat they have alfo a Power
to fet a Rate iipon Wines j which was oppofcd by
jSeijeant Glyn and Sir Edward Tunur, in regard
the Laws already mx^e did provide far it. Sir Jtht
.Majham faid, Thofe wefc not fufficient, md moved
for a certain Rate to be fet on Wines. But the
. Houfe thought proper only to recommend it to the
Committee on the Bill, to take the Laws, then in
fieiilg, into Conllderation, in order to have thofe
Statutes Quickened ^at rdate^to the Prices of Wines.
On a Motion of Mr. 'Jsnts, That a Claufe be in-
ferted in the Bill, fbr enabling of the Owners of any
^avem to take Wine Licences, as well as any Vint-
ner or Rctalcr of Wines : On the Queflioo> the
Houfe divided ioto Yeas ii6. Noes U6i fo that
Claufe was ordered to be inferted.
The Speaker delivered a .Letter from the Queen
of Bebemia to the Houfe, which was read, to return
Thanks to them for the iO)Ooo/. they fimt her from
hence, and to defire the Continuance of their Re-
fpe^ to her.
Lord Falentia moved to conrider the Condition ^oftJebaieaUmtths
the Queen for the ftiture, and to refer it to a Com- 2^°'**^
mittee to report what has been formerly done for
bcr. Sir yehn Nirtbtet was for laying it afijte, hav-
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■_ -^^ ^'"g; ^ir John fMand fpfAe very earndHf for
the Queen, faying. That for thcfe many Years the
had been fed "and clo3tbed.up.on Charity ■ ttftt Can
was amoft cxccHenl Perfon, and a great Lover of
thf $n<jh, infomuch that fljc ^yas called the Q^een
of Hearts. .''He- therefore moved that, the Hottfc
would Dwrt her Debfsj which were very prcffing,
in order to prcferve her frpm ■ the Violence of ihe
People. ?i\T atnryNarthior \KrA^a, in regard't^
, her neat Relation to '• the; K'ng, and her own grxaC
"Worth ; ^d moved to own £«■ Debts, which,, be
faid, wonM be fome Satisfa^ion to her Crcditore.
Capt. 'TiMffaid, ff it fhould be objeSed that her
Son, the Palfgravtt vrxi reftore^ to his own, it was
not a Reafon againft her, becaufe he was ;io fuch
kind Son to her, nor civ^ Kinfman to his other Re-
lations. Sir CeeTgt Dmming faid, The Palfgravt
, did allow her fomethingt but it was in CorO and
'^ Prptifion, which was Tf ry inconGderable, co^iCder-
,' ing thb Chai^ that laid upon it ; and moved to oVn
■ the Debts. Sir' Edward Turner, /or her j fayitig^
- Befides , tbt Compaffion ; there was a Duty to her
' from. the'Houfc, as tht^King'scti^n, Aunt. Mr./'rjqn*
moved to conftder, fiift, what'Oebts the Houfe tfad
already -engaged for ; and was rather for a public
■ Benevolence for her. The .Speaker was. alfo pbe
of her Advocates } but nothing of what he f<ud i>
^ noted in the Diary.
This Debate wpnid very .probably have ended
mnch in Favour of this unhappy Cb^"") bad i)ot
• her old bad Fortune attended her ftiil, and promo-
ted, .a Quarrel between two Colonels, but both
'Member;, which had like to have involved the wfiole
Houfe in the fame.
Col. B/ffi faying. That he had rqJorted this Af-
fair of the Queen's to be a National Debt, einonkft
the .public): ones, from the Committee appointed Tot
tfiat'Purpofe ; and moving .to have an Excife on, all
foreign Commodities to help to pay off all. Col.
JSTnif anfwered. That he was againft fuch an Excife,
and averreda- that he, beingof tbefam&Committee,
knew
" tfy E N G L A N D. . . ^'f
knew nothingo'f this fcllotion trf Col. fi/WA, but that *»- "Cm-"
^tere was ^ Defign to bring in a foreign Exc'ife by ' "* '.
iome. Coi., Birch jullified himfelf in what he hw pMtmUr,
faid. Mr. Bijtavitn fpolte againft him. XiOrd Va-
,-Uniia, for Col. Birth, laying, -fle hid Orders to.
make the Report, and thole diat found Fault with
lBinoug;ht to hc«heck'd,. Sir fTiUiam Liwh vety ^^^"^
fiandlbmcry moved f<v a Compoficion of this BuH-^km.
nefs, before it grew worfei But a great Debate en-
' fued cQpceming the Orders of iheHoufe, upon the
Lor^ yaltHtia'i t^lng ^own Col. King whilft he
was rpeaking agalnft Col. Bimh, bccaufe he had lal-
Ua upon fome other fiuHners, after he had Tpolcen Iq
^e Ordf r> Sir Thamas Mttrts endeavoured to re-
iflume the Qyeen'i Bufmefs, and moved to own hec-
De^its. . But aH would liave been inefFei^ual, had
not a iMellage front the Lords, along with fbme Bills
they bad paficd, opp«rtuncly made an Interruption ^
imd It was not, as we can And, rc-aflumed during this
Seffion (/>^ The whole that is faid of this Matter is
tooiprcbeitdcd in three Lines in the ytumab.
One of the Bills fent down this Time from the
^rdi wastfae BiUof AJTeflineno, . with this-Provifo -.^^
to be added to it, * That nothing therein contained •:. .'. ■
* iboulJ be drawn into Example, to the Prejudice
■ * of the antient Rights belonging to the Peers of
* this Realm i' which {*LrDvi(b, on the Queflioiv
was agreed to. To another Amendment, made in
the fame Bill, about paying the Arrears of the Navj^
* Ihort Debate arofe. Sir H^tlUam D'Oylty fai4*
That the Mcxiey to be raifed by this Tax would
not pay off the public Debts ; for the Debt of the
>. Army yet was 115,000/. and that of the Navy,
388,000 i fo it was agreed to adiiere to thcii former
Vote, and r{ije£l the Lords Arnendment.
Sir Hfiittge Finch reported, from the Committer
_tiie Pfovifo for better prcventii^ the vitiating pf
Wines^ which was <in Penalty, for the Merchant^
106 /. the Retailer, 40 L Mr. Chaft moved againft
putting (,ime into Wine, feconded by Sir John f^t-
. VoL.XXm. E -Jericit
ffJItnpn>hibfetlicQnteitgBin(dli*TP(itiil l(Mn«GltI< Timciftct,
fctfrc find bar pal downfoi TWO Ten Thoubod P<ra>d( fiTwhcrbf
fan PitUaaeat, ud duiied m tU t.K^tt^-Sitf^-j6, ;^.
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6.6^ 7he ParRamentafy HtsTORY
*"* '?J?''""'^'*'*J which was ^rccd to, .and ordered the Bill to.
* ' , be ingrolled. Mr. Bodttrda moved againft Milk too ;
ttetibfr. butSTrysAflfaid, That aPottieo/Milk, or fuch like
Quantity, did more Good than Harm to Wines.
■ It has been mentioned before that both' Hodfea
had agreed to Ct Morning and Afternoon, for the
.rpeedier Difpatch of Bufinefs^ before their Pifiblu-
. . (ion; fo, an the Afternoon of this Day, amongft
other Matters, the Debate on the Bill for an flxcife
was rc-afTumed, and, our Diary' fays, much was faid.
Whether the Merchants and Brewers Ihould take
an Oath of theif full Payments of the Duty, ta the
Accountants and Comniiffioners only f OMcred fot
(he Accountants.
Several free Conferences were, at this Time, held
between the two lioufes, about Provifoes and
Amendments to Bills, not worth Notice ; and fhis
l)ay another was delired by the Lords aboufa Mef-
fage from the King; which, at their Meeting, the
Lard-Chancellor reported, That he had delivcre4
the King's Mefiage to the Commons^ which ran in
thcfc Words, wz.
AM«fl»gBfiw»« ytlS Majcfly hath expefled, cterfintxThutf-
«fc* *^"l- « X \, d<^ Morning, to be informed, that his two
< Houfes of Parliament had been ready to prc'fent
■ fuch Bills to him as they had prepai:ed for his Royal
■ A0ent, and hath continued ever fince in the fame
* £xpe£tation, and hoped that he plight, this Day,
* have iinifhed the Wotic, and diflblved^ them accord-
*ing-to his Signification; but being. informed thst,
■* there are yet depending in both Houfes fome few
< Bills of great Importance to his and the Public Ser-
'* vice, which are not yet ready to be prefented to
* him^ and being defirous to pai'twithiiistwoHoufcs
* of Parliament, who have deferved fo well of him,
:* m fuch a Manner, that they may not be obliged to
* life more Expiedition in the Difpatch, than is agretf-
' '* able to the Affairs which are to be difpatcfaed, his
'< Majefty ii gracioufly plcafed to declare. That he will
' * be ready to pafi fuch BiUs as are neceflary, in Point
* of Time, to be palTcd, on Mindaj Morning ; an4
4 't*p
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. y EN.GXA-ND. 4fj
*_ iB^n that the Houfea adjogrn till Tbtirflaj IJom-.A* Ji^"'?*
-'* ing, ft) i*ta.t=thcy may have'that Day and Fri^ to . ^^' '.
■• put aa^nd to thofe moil public B3is which are not—
* yet finifiiedj and hb Maju^y will on the next Bafi"
''^ bexn^ Saturday the 2gth of (his Month} be prefent
* with them, artd difloive the Parliament; anil tils
-■ Maj^y delirei botii (^oii(esi again'ft t,hat Time, Jo
■ lay afide all Buhners of priVfTta CoQcernment tb
* finHh all public Bills.' '' ' " '^■
Dtc. 24. A very long Pe^afe happened in the
Houfe of Commons this Oay, on a 6ill~fcnt down
•by the'Lor<iS} intituled, An AU far tbi fittti^ tf
' ^ iht Alanors and Lands rf the Earl e/* Cleveland
' in Truflits^ tt be fald fir -tht fatisMng tht Debti ^
tht faid Earl, and tf Thomas £»■ J Wenrijirorth
•hit San. Our Diary gives tijts Debate at full i biic
as it was onlyon a private Affktr,;Vc think it n6t
proper to trouble the Reader With it.
In the Midft of this long Debate, they v/crc in- The K^og come*
(errupted again by a Meflage from the King, com- w <*« Kimk t*
manding the Speaker and the whole Houfe to at-J^^^^^^^
' tend hitn in the Houfe 6i Lords :~ On which they
all went up ; when the Speaker, as the Diary fays,
preTented his Majeily, in a Handfome Speech, with
_ the B Jl for taking away ' the Court of Wards and
Purveyance ; to which the King gave bis Confcpt :
l.ikcwife the B91 for fettling the Moiety of the E;c-
cife on Ale, ,Be6r, and other Liquors, for Increafe
of his AIajefiy*8 Revenue during Life, for vvhic;h
the King, in very few' Words, gave Thanks at pre-
sent J but faid. he would enlarge, himfelf on Saturday
following, the Day appointed for dilTolving the Pai-
liament.
Ac their Return to their own Houfe, Sir Utniait
Finch moved to adjourn to Tharfday the 17th, m
.regard the Lords did fo; and faid, T^atTo-mbr-
.row was not a (^) . Col. Shapcot for only t|ll
Wiinejiaj ; iind was lecondcd in it by Col. Kitig.
Mr. Pierefoint deHred that the King's laft 'Letter '
■ E 2 ' ' . ' ;iii^hc
■ (t) A Word oblitcriudiD tfaeaiig!iuIMinnfcript;bntii thtDav
*i3 CHripmdi-Daj, <m fiifpoit it famctUig rtUlin (o- that' FcAtnl.
■ L\ _...,C".ooglc
_ 6& ^IxPatliament^ Hi stoslV
**^"^'' "'might not be entered la Oic Jeurmtli, left it ibould
; ' .-~. be thgught the Houre adjourned folely upon Oiat.
Pecembet. I^l^i which might be conftrued a Breach of Pri-
vilege (xifo^ bchimrclf did wholly fubmit and comply
with the Iting'a . Defire ;)' lor, be faid, That th«
King could not adjourn the Houfe, tbo' he could
diOblve it ; but that the Houfe mull adjourn, a* an
AQ only of itTetr. Thia WM the ReaTon th« Lctttf
. was not entered as ufual.
Die. 27. A Bill for Encourageitten't t^ tiie Fifli-
Ing Trade of this Nation was read a third Time }
in this there had been a Claufc inferted. That no
PerTon Oiould eat Fletb on a fVtdiufa^^, Sir Samutt
'Jitut ofiered a Provifo to it, That all Travellera on
the Road might have Liberty to have Flefli drefled^
It dieir Inns, notwitbftanding this KQt. Sir Rabtrl
Sreakt againft it. Sir tf^tUiam D'OjUy faid, jelling'
ly, Tliat it was fit Sir Samuil "Jenu and bis Fa-
mily ihould be excepted out of the fiill for his Jtio-
tion i the Bill palTcd .without the Provi(b4
The Bill for granting Wine Licences was, this
Day, read a third Time, when another great De-
bate luppcncd upon it.
^nTbmauClargn mvn^t Tliatthe Lord Chan-
cellor and Treafurcr, according to tb* Statute of
titwy VlH, fliould fettle the Prion on Wines 1 he
delivered in a Provifo, particularly on Saciy Mu.Jca'
^^ ^.dilt JlicanU and all Spanifii Sweet Wines, to be
BUI for" Wina. ^^^^t by Retalc, for no more ihan Eighteen- pence a
Tbc Price* of Quart ; and that no Gafaign at Frmh Wines
tbcm tffi(i)cd> whatfocver^ould be fold for above Eight-pence the
Quart, and no Rhinijh Wine for above Twelve-
. pence^ under the Penalty of five Pouitdt Forfeiture,
.he. Sir Jabn Glya, agaiiift this Provifo, faid, That
it was not praSicable nor poffible to e^e^ it, by rea-
Ion fome Regard muft be had to the Merchant's
Price} be was for laying the Provifo afide, becaufe
,^ the prcfenc Laws do already provide for the Purpofe.
. Mr. BtAirdtt £iid, That this Provifo w6uld not do
the Work, becaule there mull be Allowance mads
. for the Caiti^e of Wine* by Land, which muft
make
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sulce it dearer. . Mr. A^ and Sir Wii^m Wyldt^ii*. ■> Ou. xu.
fpolte for the Provjfo j Capt, Titm ag»fnll it, ur^. . '^^ , .
ging, That it cguM not bp cffi;£ted, unleTs tbcy n^Jlrtif.
could confnjand the VinUgei iibrp?d, Mr> H^t
and Sir Htniggt F'lneb were for doing fomething iq
the A^ir ■ and Jf the Lordc, before-mentioned^
cou]4) not bs i^t Lci/lire, fome Way fJlf might be
thought OHt ,
Her^ th; HouTe were intemipted in tlKir Petnte bjr.
a MelTage from the Lords, of no great Confecmence,'
whieh, when it waj difpatchcd, tt)e Provifo, yt ber
fore, was again read, ^njl the Debate reralTiMncd, ,
Sir JiUbany AJhlty C^ir laid. He dqubted mucb-
whether any Qopd would be bad by this Provifo*.
Sir Tiamat Sludwertb was for altering tt>e Time o£
the Lords meeting to fet the Prices, snd thought il)
mi^t be ^citer to do it before the Merctiant niak«
hii Market. Sir H^tUiem U*vi''i for the Provilo,
Mr. Kni'gbt, the fame, 9s was bpth for the Provifo
and die Time i faying. If [h^y fet a Piice foon^v
diey prevented the Merchant from going to Market,
when be knows whjit be nwft pay before haiid. Set- -
jeant G'^n fpokc ag^fllV th$ Provifo, faying, Ttia|
the Laws did already provide for it ; that ttie ^rice wai
fct too low, for he knew that People gave Sixteen-
pence a Quart for Rbenljh Wine upon the Place,
Lord Falentia was for laying the Provifu^tde : Be-*
caufe, be faid, they included both the Merchant and
Vintner, without hearing them ; that the Lords, in^
deed, ought to fet the Ra^es, but if they did pot,
would the Houfe punifh the Merchant for the Faults
of the Lords ? Which he hoped be Ihould never fe?
in that Houfe: Befides, he ^^ed, this Piovilq
would derogate from the CuHoms. Mr. Prynne wa|
for having it altered, and Prices tp be fixed by the
fitft of June next. Serjeant Cbarllon faid, The
Frovifo was conliflcnt widi the i^ir)g'i Inteicft, and
Ac -Benefit of the Subje£t j but that it ihouU lotik to
the next Vintage, not to that wbii^h wa; pad. Serr
jeant Maynard faid, Prices may be put upon any
iCind of Meat, or Drink, by Law ; chat the Lords
jWQuld nut let the ffices by l^^ing Pailies ; anjl
E 3 moveii
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Tbe ■ ParJiamenJary History
'• i^ mbved to limit the Time to Stpttmler next Sir /fe-
^ thttiy hby, againft the Pravifo, faying, ThrtEight-
p^nce and Eightecn-pencc, was a great Price for
Wines, and that the Spaniardi and Fraich would take
Advantage on us, when they knew fuch Prices are
given here. Sir Hmtagt Finch, for the Provifoj urg-
ing,- That the VinUge* abroad muft Tell rather than'
we buy. Col. Birch, on the fame Side, faid, That
the lower the Prices of Wines were, the greater Ad-
vantage it would be to the CuftomS. Mr. Befca-
wen fpoke only for Sixtaen-pencc on' Sack. To
coiKlude this tedious Affair, Sir TbhAiaiCiargei told
die Houfe, That, before the Provtfo was drawn up,
an eminent Merchant Was confulted, who did cafl
up -all- the Loffea by Wine, as Leakage, We. and
(bid^ That by thcfe Prices, fo fet, the Vifither w^ould
get the Third Pehny. Ofi which the Houfr not only
^ took in Xht Pruvifo, but pkfled the Bill.
' TheHoufe fa¥ this Aficrnoon, bu^ did nothing;
fiife ftttling parti^larSum^ of Moriey on the Chap^,
Uin, Serjeant, anffother Offirtrs, attending on them
during the Seflton, Th^ atfo ordered fifty Poundi
to be given to Mr. JalmOgiliy, fora Prefent he had
Inade the Houfc of his Bible, jull then printed. '
In this Giving Humour the Hoiife ordered io,OColi
for the Service of the Duke of Yafi, at the enfurn^
Cfjronation, iHd the like Sum for the XJfe of the
Queen of Bdtmia. AU which feveral Sums they
charged on the Aircars of iheExcifc; which B^Jl
they alfo palTed this Day, and fent it up to the Lords,
with this Order, That the Clerk do prtpajc, and
bring in To morrow Morning, aLift of all the Sum j
charged on the Excife, by Orders of the prefeht
Parliament.
There are four Petitions, entered in the LcrdiyaoT'
nati, from four great Peers, to the King, each laying
Claim to the Office of Lord Great-Chamberlain of
Bxgland, and the Earldom- of Oxfvrd. They were
all referred'by the King, and read in thatHoiife; but
^ the Time of their DiiTulution was fa very nighi
the Lords wiiuld not enter into their Merits, but'left
them to bedecided-by the nexfPatluniteat.- How-
l ■• ever,
L_....C>ooglc
'^tf E li^ G L A N D. yt
tnr, IbmeTbinga appearing very ctiricMi? in thaPedi-Aa. n c«.ni
giwcs of tlwfc Noblemen, in their Petitions, we fhall ^ '^^"^
give them, at Length, frqm the above Authority. • t w^ ^L
TV the KING'S A&^ BxttHtnt Majtftf,
Th* HltM BL£ PCT1TI0(» </" AWBEJIY Dk VbU«
£ari if OltroaD.
Sbt weth,
* Tp* ti AT yo«r Petii^JMier a lawfulljr entitled torbe PctMoa if
*• A the Ofice and Place of Great-Chambcriain--*!^ A fn^
<-of Eiiglmit wiA aB the Rights and Privikgffs-^''"',^;!^
* thereunto belonging. ^'
' * That in or about the firft Year of the Ecign of
' your Royal Father, a Petition was exhibited to hi»
* Maj^y againft yoiir Petitioner's Father, by tho
•* Father of the Earl of lAmi/ty that now is.
'In which Petidoir the Earl of Linftji Fatlyr
* claimed both the Earldom of OxferdinA theOfBcs
* of Gr&»-Chamber)ain of England^ and tlie Mat-
* tcr of that Petition was.referred by your Mycfty's
•'ft.oyal'' Father, ro the Peers then fitting in Parlia-
* ment, to ihe End that they, by the Advice of the
* Judges affiftam, might cerlily thetr Upinivns to hia
* Majefty.
' That upon the Referehee, the Riglit of your Ps-
* titionei^s Father to/theEarldom wjs ccftihcd to be
* dear, and (Hat without o^te dillenting Vn-ce.
' But, as to his Right to the Office of Great-
* Chambtrlairi, there' */is an equal DtA^rence of
* Opinions ; for fome Time the Lord Chief Baron
' If^ilir, and. ihe Lord Chief Jultice Crewt, be-iig
* fully fati>fied that the Right wa% in yout Peiitiiw.-
* er's Father, though Juftice D^ddriilgf.ind Juftice
* Tilverian. were of another Mind, until Ht isC*}, by
* the Carting Voice of Baroji Trev^, who oainc ui
* at the End of the Debase, as your Peiicioner ha h
* beep informed, the Opinions were three agaiilt
* two, ahd thereupon theii' LbrJffifi'i we/e indurcJ
* to advifc his late Majeity to contcr the (aid Office
* on the Earl of Lindjty Ever Imce- which Tints
* the Office of Greai-Chimberlain-hath been held
E4 ^by
L;,_...,l''.OOglc
? : ■■'
7? 3^ TarUametaary Hist oJt r
*■' •* ^- n. « by the faid Eatl of iiW/g-, and his Son Afmtagn-
L .' * Ewl of Lindfijf who claimeth it u his Inherj-
* tance.
* Now fbrafinuch as the ' Right of your Petitionee
* ftands p'rcjudice4 by that fingle Opinion only; an4
* that the Weight of this Cafe may well (tefetve a
* more full and clear Determination, your Petidan-f-
* cr humbly prayeth. That your Majefly would be
f gracioufly plcaled to appoint the C^e, concerning
* the faid Office of Gieat-Cbamb^lain of Eitglami^
*to beheard by the Peers now fitting io Parliament {
* and diattbey, with the Affiftance of the Judges,
* may re-examine your Petitioner's Title to the faid
« Office, That fo, your Majefly being fully inform'tJi
* Right may be done to your Petitioner ip the Pre-
f Biifcs i and that the faid Montagu, now £arl of
* Lindftj, may fhew what Right and Title he haU>
*unto the faid Office aod ChambcrUiiifl)ii^.ai)ii(
* make Anfwcr to the Premifcs.
Andyeur Pttitiantr Jhall evtr pray ftr y^v Mejt~
fiy'i Imp md happj Rtin.
• OXFORD.
At tJie Court at tf^itehaSt Dtctmttr 36, 1660.
TTlS Majefty U graciavjlj pltafid ta reftrlbts Pt-
•f^ tifiait it ibt P-ttn fitting in ParliamiKt^ iebtar
the Pttitiantr and. the Earl af Lindfey, tmctrning tbt
Office af Lard Griat-Chambtrhinf and tt di tbirtin
ecearding tt 'Jufiia and Htneur.
■ EDWARD NICHOLAS.
■ TTie fame Order was annewd to the three fcJlow-
ing Petitions. ' '
tt tkt KING'S Mt^ Excelltnl Moftfyy
■ 2S/H0MBLE Petition ^Thomas Windsor,
Ltrd \ViKDSOB, ■ .
Sbtuvih,
<>|.«ri< -|-*HAT 7*iw,thefjxthEarlof O^rrfofthat
* I Narhe.Lord Bidbtck, SandfardfV^ABadlefmurt
* deceafed, was feized of the Office of Grcat-Chanir.
< beilaln oi England, with the Rights and Privilege^
• ■ , ■ • ihere-
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0^ E N G L A N D, 73
' • ^Kreunto belonging, of Fee and Ri^. And thf Ao. ti Cv. tk
* raid laic Earl being fo feizcd thereof, died feizcd, ''^- , .
* about the 4th of Queen EHiabtth, leaving Ifibc ^^"^J^^^"^'
» Calherim, Jiis only Daughter and Heir, by Dtrt'
*ihjy Daughter of the Earl ai If^eflmtrtland, hitodly
* lawful Wife, who was married to Edward Lord'
* ffindfir. Great Gnindfaiher of your Petidoner, to-
* whom the Petitioner is ihe undoubted Heir, where-^
f by the faid Oflkc doth belong of Right to your Pe-
* titioner.
* Yet now,fo itmay pleale your Moft Sacred Ma-
* jeAy, that MtrUagu Earl of Lmdfej hath pofleflcd
f hinifelf of the faid Oflice} to the apparent Wrong
f'bf your Petitioner. '"
* The Petitioner tl^crcfoi^ humbly prays, That
f your Majcfty will be gracioufly picafed to rerer the
* Hearing and Determination of the Petitioner's faid
f Tlile, to the Right honourable the Peen aiTcmhled'
* in Parfiament, with the Affiftance and Advice of
* the Reverend Judges ; and that ttie faid Mantagit
* Earl of Undftj- may be fummaned by their Lord-"
■ fhips to antiivr the Premifes { and that the faid
s Office may be declared, ai of Right it doch be-
f long, to your P-etitioiier and hii Heirs ; and thar
*thcfaid ^nrffjw Gari of /.in^ may befufpended
* from the Execution thereof, and your Pf^tiooer
* admitted thereunto.
AitdyWT Paitwutt m '« Duty hmd, fie/l daffy
proft iic.
THO. WnsiDSOR. '
r» tie Klti G's M»/l Bxttlbnt Mejifly^
Tbi HoMBLB Petition iifCHA%i.z» Stanley,
' Earl af Derbv, '
Humhhf fbnveth,
■* -T^ Ha r Edward VfTt, Itte Earl of Oxftrd^ ^^ ^^ j^^,,_.,
< 1 and Lord High- Chamberlain «f England, %ti\otDtrij,»
* hid Ifltie only one Son, hftttry, and three Daugh theftme.
* ters, vi%. Euxahtth, ' Bridget^ and Sufan, and died'
* ^n. Dam. 1664; after whofe Death J|is Son was
* Karl of Oxftrd, ami Lord HigH-Chan)tcr!ain, and'
*d.ed
..Cioogit;
74- ^^f Parliamefitdry History
A£ x\ Cm IK * died fome Yean kgo without Ifiiie ; by and fincff
.. '^*°- . * whofe Death the &id Office of Lord High-Cham-
\},cg,/gf,-: * bcrlain ought to' defend and come -uato your Pe-
' >titioner, he being GrandToR and Heir of EUxaitli,-
■ * the cldefl SiSer of the faid Htnty : Arid therefore'
* your Petitionei' humbly prayeth* That yoiii Ma-
*<j«fty Would voudifafe to dire& that he may enjoy
* the faid Office accordingly,
JndytttT Pajtimer vftU ever fray, &c.
DERBY.
The Humble PzTiTioH •/'Montacv Berth,-.
Eerl e/'LlNpsBYi Ltrd Qreat-CbamberUin.af
. En^and,
The EmI of * '"I"' HAT upon the refpeaive ClaimB of Rxbirt
LixdfijU P«i. < J. Lord Wilkughby of Erifiy^ (afterwards Eart
twncBtheKini-j^f £j-^^j the Petitioner's Father, andof *»i<rf
*■ dt FtTCf £fq. to the Office of Great-Chambcrlaiit
*'of England, and to the Title and Dignity of th9
* Earldom of Oxford, your Majelty's late Father^
f of ever btelled Mcikibry, was gnidoufly pleafed, m
*! or about the jrii Year of bis Reign, to refer the
^.ConiideTation of their fevenl Piewnces to. the faid
* Office and Earldom of Ojr/irrf, to the Houfe of
\'Peers then fittibg in Parliftment j who, upon Ad-
' vice with the Reverend Judges, did then certify
* his Jate Majefty, Thatthc Office of GrcatCham-
* berlain did appertain to the Petitioner's Father
* and .his Hciri j.. and in regard your Petitioner's
'.-F'-ather was nt^ then fully acquainted with fuch
' Records and Proofs, [which, ifihewn, might have
, * manifefted to their Lordfhips hiv Right to the faid
*'Earldom ofi Qffer4, and which tlie Pctttiiner ii
.* now ready to.produce) the.fajd.Pqpisdid ;^ifo ter*
- * tify the iaid Earkioip d^d belong.. to .the faid, Rebfrt
* d* Vert; by Virtue whereof Sir Awhtry de Fire, ■
* Knight o£ the Moft Noble Order of the Gaiter,
'-Son'of tw.tol Ri^t^ doth new srlaiin and enjoy
* the
"upiz^j.^Googlc
(f E N G L A i^ 0, , ^f
••the faid Earldoiri erf Oxf^ij, to the great Wrong**- »*^- ■
' of your Suppliant. . > '
■ * Majr it thei-efore pkafe your JacfCd Majefty to nnwirtiff.
* be gpactoully picafcd to refer the R%-hearing oTthd
* Petitioner's Right to the faid Earldom of Oxfird^
' to the Moft NodIc Pccn now a(!bmbled m Parlia-
* meflt, thar if \t fhall appear to therti juft to re^»x>
' amine the formbr Proceedings, they may proCcAl
' therein in fuch Mahner as to their LordOiipa (hall
* fcem to fland with Hbnouf and Juftice, and td
'certify your Majefly tHeir Opitiiofis therciJpons •
* And that the (aid Sir Awbirj diVttt iKay Be fjm-
* moqcd toarifwer the PrcrHifts, and that he may
^Ihew what Right and Title he hath to the Earl-'
' dom of Oxfordi
And your Pttitieriir jhall nilr pfaj ftfp'kf Mt^y't
hng and bafiy RAgn ft}.-
LINDS-EYi
Dttrmber 28. Sir Thasiai Bluihwrtb reported the
Bill for a Two- Months Tax art the City of Len-
i/o«, for railing ^5,000/. for Tr-ojihies, i^c. Lord
Falkland, Co). Sbapiet, and Mr. Yaiutg fpoke ag^ft
(his Bill, urging the Backik-ahlnefs of the City fot
lending Money. Sir Thfynai Bhaw^th and Czpt.
Tiiui juftified the City. "Hie Qutffiion beiofg pur,
Whcthcr-tfii Bill (hodd be committed, theHout*
dividtd into Yeu 92, Noes 104. The next Re-
bate was for engrofdng the Bill i wbidi was ordered
without a Divifion.
A Bill fw one Month's AflctTment, for raiffng
70,000/. fbr a further Supply to his Majedy, and to
enable him the better to detr^y the iLxpences of his
CorfSnation, waj read a third Time and palled.
The Lords fenttioiwi lo the Conimuus ibe Bill
for a Review of iftc Pull BiH^ with AmcndmcnU; to
Ibme of which they agreeO, but to others atjhcredj
on -which a Cu[|ferencc was held between ihemi
the Refuh of which will api>«ar in the PrucceJiiig*
pf the next. Day.'
A Lctt'T .
(O Tb« 09|a ef Lord Great Cluanbtrlua of Fag!*'^ «■• >il-
\a^lcA (o belong to the £trJiiFdiBil}, uul VMi. ut [he LuIJuu, al Os<
fiedKiXUyTtl.
L;t,:...,.,C".OOglc'
76
The ParBamenfary'iiii story
"• A Letter from |he Commiflit^crs of Exgife to th**
^ Clerk of the Houfe was read, containing an Account
of what MoniK had been charged upon the Excife
by Pailtamentt viz. ■ ,
An 'AeeooBt tS To hie Highnefs the Duke of
vriut DonuioBfl^ri, or bis AiSgns, in (iill < '
tl"^Z 10,000 A together with Intereft
To the Executora of bis late \
Hi^nefs Hmry Duke of Ghuc' \
^tft together with Intcreft J
To * DinbatBy Efqv his Maje- •.
S's Surveyor, together with Inter |
; which Siun ww advanced by r
Alderman Ed. BackwtU J
To the Executon of' her late -t
Highnefs the Princefs Royd, to- [
gether with Iniereft, being idvan- j
, ced by Alderman Ed. BackivtU J
TotheQucenof Bihtmia, to-
gether wi[h Intereft, being advan'
lOOOO O O
"■}
Ced by Alderman Ed. BMitvtU
To her Highnefs the Princcfi 1
Hintrittio Mariot with Intereft J
- To Sir Themas Vitier, for the t
dtftrefled Proteftants of PudtrunI C
and Psiatidy the Remainder of T
7678 Lit. 9 d. the Sum of J
To fit»ry Pah, Efq;
To Sii Thsmat Datrtt^ Knt. —
To Col. Aathtny Buller '
To Rsv^nd Lan^herne, Efqj —
ToTAff. Ltdingtvity being ad- 1
vanced by Aid. Ed. BackweU J
To Htnrj Symball — —
To MOiam /lUtti and Rtbtrt '
Swaylt, by Bills of Exchange,
^Jrawn by S\i R*itrt Heiuywmdy
together with Intereft
ToCol. 'y»hnStrtttirai\iJtb«
Aleesfie, Printers
To Frands fThdham, Efqi —
lOOOO O O
ioooo o o
5978 8 9
3443 '2 5i
250 o o
5436 16 o
3000 O o
3450 o o
J3S7 ift 10
2260 o 6
52« 13 3
1000 o o
.,C;ooqIc
6/ -E N G LAN D, 77
L U /.*^1* Cir. I
. To Mr. mmam JJUfy Trea- "t
furerfortbeHoTpiuIioftheSAwi' r 1400 ti
and Efy-Haufi J
To Mn. Dtrthy Stjmnr , —^ 3571 o o
*To Sir Edward AUJ^f Knt. — 3000 o o
ToSylaiTitut, Efq; 3000 O O
To Mrs. Jant Laiu — - ■— 1000 o O
Tobb Highnds the Dake of ]^ii loooo -00
To the Queen of Btbtmia ^ lOOOQ o o
To Dtnxii HtUtt, £r<)i Sir mi- 1
^am Lnoit, KnL and Tbamat P»- I
vty, Efq; or iJieirAffigns, for the f JOO o 4
Ufe of rtie Children of Oury EU \
fiig, Efqi deceafed (t) ■'
To Cd. £.Ao. Uarlifi Cover- -j
nor of Dwiiri, the Remainder of > 7IOO o -»
8400/. for the Ufe of ^t Garrifon ''
To the feveral Peribns to whom anySuntsof
Money Quit appear to be due, for the Qumeringi
Cure, and Attendance of ftck and wounded Scaipen
. and Soldiers, fctit from aboard hii Majefty's Sbipa,
or from his Majefty's Garrifons in FtoitJfri, to
/>«ivr, HarttncB^ ot other Port- Towns a£ lim
Kingdom, fuch fcveral and refpe&ivc Sums a> flitll
beftated and certified by the. Auditors lb whom the
ftatii^of Accotmb erf' that Nature is referred) to
have incurred and become due from and after the
jftof Junt, 1658, and to or before (he 14th of
Anarchy 1658.
' Reibtvcd, That tke Sums, mentioned in the faid
Lift be char^ on the Airears of Excifc, in Courfe,
and inferted into die Bill for levying tbe £ud Ar-
leara.'
Dttimitr t^. The Lord V^tia reported the
Efied af a Conference, had the Night before with
dw Lords, uponthclr Amendments to the Bill Jb(
fupplying the Ue^as of the Poll Bill.
* That their Lordftips delivered their fonner Pi»-,
Vtfo, withibme.AUeratioiijbeugi with the Attend
titm. as followeth :
* Pre.
.X'.oog Ic
y% ^be f^artiapk^ary Hi S TORY
ji.^i Car. n. < Pr&vitlef ali^ays, aiid be it enabled, That thli
'^^ -, .' Aft, or any thing therein contained, {faall not cx-
' tend to any Pcpr-of this ^eajm, in point of AfTefl*-
(f mentrli^priroBnveat, Oiflrels, or.oiherwire; Provj-
* fion being made, in the faid tirft recited A£l, for the
ff aflcffijjg'j^ the-feitl-Pcers, by certain •Pc«f! «iio are
:f therein o^me^^ndappcviitcil in tt>at Behatf. -And
o*,be it-iiir^r eoft^ietij-Th^ttho Lord'Oljanccllor,
J* Lord-.Ticafurer, -the -feord-Ste ward sf lils Maje-
•)* fty's Hmfhold, Lond^Gtrambcrlain of his Majefly'*
J* lioufhoU,.thc-£arl of Ntrthamptmi^ Lotd NawarJ
■ €>i Charltsn, "Aic hwi ^htrts, the Lord'Grgi of
* ^urit/, the (.ond.O.«BV«, the Lord A4*hun, and
U* tbe Lw;d Ha\tan, he added to the Peers named in
■ tbe faid lirft rqcited A^ibc the aileffing of the Peers,
* according to the fatd recited A£t.'
* Andfo tbefrWorduwcTeftmckout t^thelxirds
oCrom the. P^ovilb, as it fipft came down, v!z>
• • • ^ « • ,» ,♦ (gj
* TheX^oaatrittte in(ifting upon it, that there was
. no Obligation on . the Lonls Commiffioners for the
r.feeo to allefs the Pan, they returned into their
i^oiiire}, and, after, delivered an. Addition to the faid
iipTQvifo, in. Paper, .as. fblloweth :
' '. * .Whidi.laid JLordsCommiiHoners, or any five <]f
i * then, in this, and tbe .former A^ tiamnJ, fhall
* have. Power to aflefs, -lew, and /colled, all fueh
* $ums of Money as Hull be afiefled, aocotding to .
^tbeTcnor of this and the .former AA, upon foch
: ' Pftrs iwbo have not patd.pr^pprtionably to their
•Eftatcs.'
* So, with dtat, Addition, ithey adhered a£ former*
]y ; CxprelSng themfelvea forty, ihat there having
; .been hitherto fo.good.a Coireijxndence betwixt the
Houfes, they fliould be now fufpe^ed in this Houfe ;
' talang Notice, that, in the late Times of Mifery,
I tbey fufiered as much ai any, and hope nothing (hall
.vbe^dbne.tothe Prejudice vf thtir Privileges, adding,
tbat tbey bnpe they fhalliw jeady to ftrain {hcmfelvct
. M-fxr at this Houfe.'
• JUter dutRepQCt-a gnat Debate enfued.
Mr.
.i. (t) Sic imOrlg.
,, Google
^ /^NG L A N D. . 79
Mr. BtfcawiH produced a Boole, where, in Ae*"- "L?"* "*
Banning of the L<Mig Parliamenr, thii 'Prtpofat o f. '"^ \ f
the Lords wa» rerufed, u being againfl all Order ; - pi-Tiir '
fcrnone but the-Cammons can impoTe a Tax for
Money. He viii fecondcd bj Mr. Toung, who if Debate on ths
firmed. Thai, by the laft Poll Bill, the Lords '"^'■eJ^^P^^
aflefled tn' the ordinary CommiffioncrR. Lord Vole»-{^^
tin faid, Divcri Lords had liot yet paid ; but, ' thR^
Ac Straitnefs of Time, be thought it beft to ^gree
with -them. Sif Jehn Glyn told the Houfe, TTk^
could notjuftlly the taxing the Com^otis, and ta-
king no Care that the Lords Ihould pay too ; thoi)^
he was not much avierle, and would agree with theni
rather than hinder the Bill. Sn'HemageFi'ieft-fa.xdf
That the gaining ttieir Point on the Lords by aif-
berlng, would niH counterpoile the Lofs of the' Bill,
Which mufl: inewttablj follow; that they might very
Well take the Lords Words, for this Time, that
Hkj w'M psy; befides, the Difpleafure and Loft
which, in the End, would redound to the King. He
therefore moved to^gree, becaule the Advantage t^
*be Bill would be-i5o,opo/, andthe Money to be
raifed would not be above 7000/. Sir Edward
Earner faid. It was not a Time to-difpute then; biit
4noved to agree. - Mr. Prjnne, That the Lords had
paid for feveral Years, by the AflefTment of thte
Commons 1 but moved to agree for that Time, and
-Jea»e' the Difpute to another Parliament. Mr. Banl~
fiiUi not to Bgre*,' the Defire of the Lords being fe
unreafonablei that ihere were thlrty-fix Lords >vhb
had not paid tht TaK, and therefdrehe wasforad-
■hcring, fayiitg,The Lords did it out of Incogitanc^,
uGng that Word^fcversl Times, fays the Manufcript;
and to which Sir ■Ffatidi CorituaUiiy Treafurcr of tije
•Houftlold, anfwered. That if they did not agree, ,
they would he incdgitant c^ the King. At laftitwai
agreed to a)lo^ th6 Provitb and [he other Aihenq-
Oicnt9 to the Bill. '
The Peers feem tto be very tenacious aiid jealoio
of their Privileges, by another Inftance which hap-
.pened this Day: Theyfentdgwn a' BUI to the Com-
mons, •
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, So , . . ^ie FartUmenfary History .
n. i»c«r- n.inonJ j for rai Jipg 70,000 /. for 0c King's Ufe. with
•*j*|^ the following ProViib taclt'd tp it, w(a. . f..:
j„j^^_ * FroTidcd always, ,That this Afl, .n« ^ny. thing
. * therein contained; Qjall be cjrawn into Exampl^i
* to the I'r^judicepf thf aiJticnf Rights t)cIongia£
* to the Peers of tUis Realoiii' Which, upod the
Queftion, was airoagrfedto. , . ,
' The Bill for Wiilc Licenced pafjeii both Houffs^
. . Mr. Suvens moved (o re-aflutn^ the Uebate oif
VtRerday about the Arr^s of the ^x^ifc^ Sit
Jiituagi Finth, a^inftit^fajnng^tlt was tlie.King's
Money, and he Taw no Rcaion why bis. Majcfi; ^
Ihould paTs fuch z Bill extemporary; and frithout
conTiderih^ofit firft ; therefore moved to let It alpoei
Sir ffiuiam Lewii moved for the pbor Cff'ivfM a(
'J^ieri, Sir JUin Mafimwi, to expiate the Hoow
from the Guilt of Sacrilege 1 hefatd, The Hanging^
of (he Houfe were taken out of the Church of ^Xi
Paul's % and moved rather to fit with bare Walla
.than to adorn themfelveswithtbeSpoils of Churchy
which he would have leftorcd. Lord VaUntia fiiid^
in Reply, That divers had been banged already for
it ; and moved to go on with other Bulinels, parti- .
cularly to charge the City Money alfo on the Afieari
of the Excife.
Several other ^lofions were made of no great Ac-
count, as particularly one concerning the Payinent of
fome Arrears due to Col. Lxibart, when Governor
,of Dunkirk.
Mr. Knight^ againft it. Sir Thtmas Ciargn-, foC
it. Sir Robtrt Barliy faid, That Lukhart did n<n
defcrve any Confideration, for he kept a Troop of
Horfe to furprize the King with, and wai an a£liv«
Man for Olivtr : And added, That if ihe Houfe had
Time to examine the BuGnefs, he would be found in
Debt. Captain Tnut faid^ There was not a verier
Villain upon Earth than Ltcihart ; that he reportcfl'
a Lye againft tly King* by faying be was turned
Papift i and wiflted, with all his Heart, the A& af
Oblivion had not aojultted him from his juH Defert }
that he was not Uue to thofc very Villains he had fet-
vcd, andfaethoi^t bimnowarecrctPluuer, asSir
l_....C.ooqIc
i,f ENGLAND Si
Sobtrt HarltyhiA obrerved; and moved togiv«him^ •» C^r^J.
nothing ; which the Houfe agreed to. i66t>^, ^
Several mof-e Motions were made in the Houfe Djjtn^e,.
of Commons this Day, for Money to be paid to dif-
ferent Perfons, for Debts, Charities, ^c. fome of
which were taken and others rcJeiSted, as may be.
fcen in the Journab^ but arc unnecefTary here; till
at iaft, theTime of the King's coming to the Houfe
f>i Lords drawing near, Mr. Palrmr moved to fend
to the Lords to acquaint theip. That ibe Painifc!-
Chsmberarid CourtofRequefts were fo full of Stran-
gers, that it was impoffible for the Houfe to comtf
up to the King ; upon which the Serjeant was fent
away with the Meflage.
After this the Commftns re-afliimed, once ,more^h« King eoma
the Bill on the Arrears of Excife, and had proceed ed^"^' ^°^t^
in the Debate fo far as to order ifae Blanks in the Bilfj;," p„iisu«»ent.
to be filled up; when the Uftier of the Black Rod
came to the Door, and the Houfe being informed of
it, the Speaker, with thq reft of the Members, be-
ing come into the Houfe of Peers, and his Majefty
feating himfelf on the Throne, the Speaker addtef-
fed himfelf to him as follows ; .
jWo^_ GraciQUt and D<ead ScvtrtigKy
• 'IpHE Knights, Citizens, and Burgefles, nowThe SptJtw ol
X aflembled in Parliament, being the Repre-'*" Houfcof
fentaiive Body of your Commons in England^ ^'^^^cihtahiia.
as Conduit -Pi pes, or Quills, to convey the Streams
of your People's dutiful AffeSions ana humble De-
firis into your Royal Prefeiice ; and' that 'being
done, they need no other Speaker but yourfelf, for
they know your Skill, and have had Experience of
your Will : And yet, Royal Sir, though they have '
ro Caufe to complain, they cannot but takcNotice
of your Partiality ; for when any Thing in Point of
Right, or but Conveniency, hath fallen out to be, ^
we life to fay, a Meafuring Cart, a difputable Cafe,
between yourfelf and your People, without any Rgr
gard or Refpeft had to your own Right, or the Ad-
vantage that might accrue to yourfelf by afltrting
the fame, if the Good of your People hath come in
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^' *6^" ^' ^'"P"'*'0" with ifj yo" have always caft it-againft
^' , ■■_ - ■ yourfelf, and given it on your People's Sidt
ISpeinber. ' Royal Sir, Thus to undo yourfelf to do your
" " ■ ■ People Good, is not to do ar you would be 3on«
unto } and can we do lets than, by a grateful Re-
tribution, chearfully to pay your Majefly thejuft
Tributcof our dutiful Obedience unto all your Royal
•; .Commands ; and^ upon all OccaGons, ready to fa-
cri£ce,y> «r yitd, all that we have or enjoy, Livest
and Fortunies, in the Service of fuch an incompa-
jable Sovereign ?
' But, Royal Sir, it becomes tnc to fill your Ma-
jefty's Ears with A're iTqutrt ut tt videam (ajy as thq
'Only Rhetoric the People ought to ufe to fuch a King
" of Kindnefs, anda Prince fo full of good Works ;
;uid therefore, as I am commanded, 1 mull humbly
afliirc your Majefty that the many healing Expedi-
ents propounded by yourfelf, in your feyeral molt
gracious Declarations, have been the Subject- Matt ej;:
iipon which your Commons have wroight all this
Parliament : And, in iheiiTll Place, thty took into
^onftderation the great and growing Charges which
then lay upon your People for the Pay of your Army
' and Navy ; and they conceived it neceflary to begiii
with that Part thereof next at Hand, wherein yout
pef^Ie would receive the moll Eafe and the greateft
Security and Satisfat£lion, which was the difbandina
. your Maj'cfty's Forces by Land, and the paying off
jwentyhve of your Ships then in the Harbour, and
of no Ufe i and this led then) to the Confideiation
of fuch Ways and Means as were to be itfed to raife
Money for that Purpofe j and that for Poll Money
being propounded and palTed, "fome were of ppiniori
that That alope would have over done the Work^
others havipg had Experience of a former Bill of the.
fame Nature, and upon the lil^e Occafion, fearing it
might not anfwer Expectation, and being unwilling
to J)e deceived the fecond Time, efpecially in fuch a
( Sufiiiers as this, wherein a M.ftAe was like to
prove fo penal,' moved for a further Supply (which^
* ■ * ' ' ' after
' fa) So in out Copy of the Lcdi Jsamah j but wiut to nuke of
tiw firlf Wotd, or how to. comft it, we luaw nac
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©/■ENGLAND. 8j
aftei' foBw Debate. w« agreed upon) of a Two-*** '"j^"''**
MoAths Aflefljnent, at 70,000 /. ptr Month ; and ■ ' _' -j
both hare not ^ct fully done the Work for which. Deccnb«r
they were defigned \ mt with the Help of two othcf
BHls here in my Hand, the one intituled, An A3
far tbe levjing the Jrrtari ef the Twelve^ Mrnitht
j/^^huHi, nmmtiicing June 34, 16591 i^ t^
StK-Mmtht Afftffmtnt^ ctmoutuing Dec, 23, if^59;
and the other intituled, An Ail far thifpeidy i'ro-
^ijkn «f Mafuj fir dijhanding and paying eff the
Bereis »f tbii Kingdam^ bath by Land and Sia, they
hope this Account will be fully cleared off at laft.
* Sir, your Commons have likewife taken into
their Confldcration the Charge of your Summer
Fleet ; which, bcfidcs that Part th^eof, your Ma-
jefty is pleafcd to take upon yourfelf for your ordi-
niry Guard of tbe Seas, willamount to a very great
Sum ; and as it is a great Debt, fa it is n grow-
ing Debt : In a few Months it doubles. There il
a Saying, ^i ciit dot, bit dat ; I am fure it mud btt
true in this Cafe, ^i eitt fihit, bis /chit, to pay
bis Debt readily is the Way to pay but once ; and
to take Time to pay it is the fure Way to pay it
twice i and therefore your Conrmons laying afide thQ
fad Thoughts of their long Sufiferings, and thofe mifcf-
nble Devaftationa and PrefTures they have Idih
under for many Years lallpaft; and looking up-
mi the Neceffl^ of Affairs, which call importunate-
' ly, and muft be anfwered efiedually, hath paflcd
another Bill here in my Hand, intituled, An All f»
fix Manthi Affijfment af 70,000 1. per Menfem, f
itgin tbi firft af January, and ta be paid in, tbe aiit
Mtiety, tbareaf htftrre the firft ef February, and tht
tther Maitty being the remaining Part, by tbe fir/i af
April next *^i»S ' Which is to be applied wholly
in paying of the Arrears of your MajeQy'a Army
and Navy.
• I have three other Bills in my Hand, which
have Relation to your Majcfty's Revenue, and are
Branches thereof; the one intituled. An AlXfar the
hetter erderhtg the felling af ff^inet by Retail, and far
frivmting af Abttfit in singling, corrupting, andvi-
F z tiating
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'f^.ii Cri.U.t!ating pf Jf^nuty and fir fettling and limttng th^
■ '""• . Prices of the fimt: And the Bill b tendered unto .
■Wjnhff, your Majefty for preventing all further Pirpute^
touching the Legality thereof, for we know it is youi
^ajelty's De&re, (hat nothjng might be done b}(
^ny of your Officers or Miniflers that aA undci;
you,^n/ Figura 'Jufiiiia tt Warranto Legis. Ajich-
fher is intituled, An A£t fox treiling and tfiahlijhing
aPoJi-Offiet: And this, being likeivife legally fet-
tled, will be of very great Ufe to all your Majefty's
people, and efpeci^lly your Merchants, for holding
Intelligence with their Correfpondents,. YiikoUx
9it& Agents, in foreign PaiCs Litera funt fndicet
Mimi., and without the fpeedy Difpatch and Coiit
veyance of their Letters, they will never be able to
time ttiejr Qultne^, nor carry ori rheir Trade to an
^u^l Advantage with the Merchants of other Coun-
tries. The other Bill provides for the Increafe of
your Majefly's ordinary and conftant Revenue, bj
fhe Grant of an Impoft to be taken upon Ale, , Beer,
^nd other Beverage therein particularly ipentioned
^d cxprefled, to hold to your Majefty for Life, irhicb
God long continue, A'"' ^^. '^ '^ ^^^ Delire of your
Pommons that you^ Majefly might never be uetef-
jitated to rcfort to aqy extraordinary or unparlia-
penury Ways ai^d Means, -for the raifing ot Mo-
ney upon your people, fo they likewife acknowledge
it to be their Deiires to fuppiirt and uphold, to ih?
utnioft of their Powers, -the Honour and Grandeur
pf your Majefty's Royal State and Dignity.
'And for a further Evidence of your Commons du-
tiful Afie<£tions to your Majefty's mr.ft dear and Royal
perfon, they have paQed another Bill for the ra^frng
pf 70,000/. for your Majefty's further Supply; all
M>hich Bills I 3m comnpanded fiurably to ptpfent your
M^efty withal, and to pray your gracious Acceptr,
jmce thereof, and your Royal Aflent thereunto.
? There ^re other Bills likewife, of public Con-
pernoient, which have pafled both Houfes, and do
now attend upon your Majefty, waiting for -your
p.oyal AiTent ; the one is intituled. An Azi fir tht
4\t^indtT aj fivtral Pirfint ^uilij eftbi horri^ Jt^r-r
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flf E N G L A isr Di ej
jrr ^ hit latt Sacrtd MajtAy^ your Rejei Father tf*''- " Cu-. rt.'
'roer hl-£id Memory. There is anotbcr Bill, mtjtu- ^ ' .^ j
led, Jit J £1 far the Cenfirmaiian if Leafts atidGranii p^,^^,^^,-
_^«OT CelUgts and He^itah; this will tenJ much to
the quitting ntai^ MtSn's £Katcs that in the late
unhappy Times were inforced to renew and change
their Eflates niuch for the wot'le, were it not tor
the Favour your Majedy intends them in this Bill :
There is antither Bill to pruhibit tlie Exportation of
"Wooil, Wooll-Kclls, Fullers Earth, or any other
Tcouiing Eanh: Woollen Manufa£lura, be&des the
Dudes they pay for your Majcfty's Cul^oms here at
home, have great Impofitions laid upon tfteih ih
foreign Parts where they are vended, in the Low
CounirUs lb OS I J per Cent, and ia Portugal 20 p^
"Cent, at leail ( but thofe who, for their own filthf
Lucre Sake^ having no Regard or Refpedl to the
Public Good, thai Real over the Materials of whicn
thofe Manufactures are made, pay not one Penny
here or there,, and by that Means Strangers do makie
thofe Manufailures of our Wool upon fuch eaiy
T'erms, that they can alFord, and do undcrfcli yoUr
Merchants ; which is the Occafion of a double Lofs,
firft, t" your Majefty in your Ciiftoms, and, in tlte
next P;ace, to your People, who are thereby dif-
bcartened and dilcuuraged; and in a Qi'orl Time, if
not prevented, will be utterly beaten out of that an-
tient native fiaple Trade, upon which many tbniiranl
I^amilies do wbclly depisnd for all their Livelilioo<l
and Subfillehce.
< There is another Bill, intituled, yfn ASl iefra-'
hlbit the planting, fittings or Joiuing efTobacco in^n-
gland and Ireland. This Climate is fo cold that ic
never oumes to any Maturity or Pcrfe^ion ; for wC ' '
find, by Expedience', though it be ever fo well heal-^
fed, and made up wlih the greateft Art and Skill that
can be puITible,. yet it is impoiTible, after it is made
'lip into the Roll, to keep arid prefervc it from pu*
tnfying above three or four Months at the nioA; and
theie.ore Pliyficians, tveh thofe that love it beft and
tife it moft, Conclude, generally, that it is unwhol-
fome for Men's Bodies ; befides many other great
F 3 Damages
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'86 The P0-U(mentary "Hi S.TQKY
.n. iiC»r. IT< Damages and fnconveniences will follow upon it»
^ ' ^ . if it fliould be permitted, the Abatement of your
Ptcenibtf. Majtfty's Cuitoms, the DeftruSion of your Plama-
tions abroad, the Difcouragement of Navigation,
and To confequently the Decay of Shipping, ;which
are the Walls- ami Bulwarks of your Majefty'a
Kingdom.
' • There is another Bill, intituled, JnJSlfor ta-
iing away tht Court of ffardt and Liveriis, Ugtthir
with Tenurtt in Capitc, Knighfi Service^ Ttnures,
evd Purveyances. This Bill, ex Re Ntjia, tan prc^
pehj Ik called a Bill of Exchange ; for as Care is
therein taken for the Eafe of your People, fo the
Supply of that Part of yoiir Majefty's Revenue,
which formerly came into your Treafury by your
Tenures, and for your Purveyances, ta thereby likc-
, wife fully provided for by the Grant of another Im>
pofition, to be taken upon Ale, Beer, and other Li-
quors, to hold to your Majefly, your Heirs and Suc-
ccllbrs for ever ; and that they fliould not took upon
the Confiderations, mentimied in this Bill, as a fiiU
Conpenfation and Rccompence for your Majefty's
parting with two fuch Royai Prerogatives and antient
Flowcrsof the Crown, if more werenoc implied than
is exprcffcd j for, Royal Sir, your Tenures in Capiu
■re not only turned into a Tenure of Socage, (tho*
~ that alone will forever give your Majcftya juft Right
and Title to the Labour of your Ploughs and the
Sweat of our Brows) but they are likewifc turned
intoa Tenure JB Csrair. Wbatyour Majefty had be-
fore in your Court of Wards, you will be fure to find
it hereafter in the Exchequer of your Peoples Hearts.
The King of Spain's Mines will fooner deceive hiih
than this Revenue will fail you, for his Mines have
Bottoms; but the deeper your Majefty fmks yooi-
felf into the Hearts and Aneiftions of your People,
the greater you will find your Wealth to be, and
the more invincible your Strength,
' Royal Sin, We have nothing more to offer or to
alk, but muft conclude all our Work this Parlia-
ment wiih an humble and thankful Acknowledge-
ment of God's inimite Geodncls and Mercy, in re-
ftoring
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ftoring your Majcfty to your Royat andlmperialAn. i> c*r. ni
Crown, Throne, and Dignity, and for making you , '**'■. *^
the Rcftoier of ihat which is cleater unto us than i>,(aBbc**
our Lives, oiw Religion ; in wKich, through God's *" '
Blcffing and gracious Aflillance, we are lefolved to
live and die : Ai liicewifc fur refloiing us to our
Magna Charia Liberties, having taken the Charge
and Care of them into your own Heart, which is our
creatcft Security, and more than a thoiiiand Con-
firmations.
* Royal Sir, You have denied tis nothing we- have
atked this Parliament ; indeed you have ouc-donoi
your Parliament, by doing liluch more for us thao
We could agree amongft oUrfcIvei to afk, and there-
fore ttiuft needs be a happy Plrlianient : This is i
healing Parliament, a reconciling Peace^making
Parliament, a blefled Parliament | a Par) lament ^ra^-
wr ExctiUntiami thai may truly be called Parlia-
mentiffimam Parliamentum. No Man tin fay, thaC
haA made the ihoft curious Search iiito Books and
Records, that there ever \^as fuch a Parliament a)
this ; and it is our unspeakable Joy and Comfort
that no Man can fay, fo long as your Majefty lives^,
but we may have fuch another,' for you have feC
your Royal Heart upon it to do your People Good.
* And as we have nothing more to fay, fo we
have nothing more tO do, but that «hich will bt;
a-dcHiig as long as we have a Being, the pouring out
of our SouIS'unto Almighty God tor your Majcfty's
long, long, long, and moft luppyj bJcHcd, glorious^
and profpetdua Reign over us.'
After *hich the Speatct pteftnted , his Majefty
VtththcfepublicBilli:
1. Ja Aafur ihtltvjing tbi Arrears »fiht Ttvthe-
Mintb! AJfijfmndy catnmtmmg tbt i^i ef June,.
1659, and tht Six-Menihs, tommmini the iyh tf
Decenlber 1659.
2. 471 Aa Jer tht fiirthtr fu^ini m4 acpUimB/,
tftain Deft&s in the A3 ftr tht fpe*^ Pravifim df
Mantftfer dijhanding andpajing efftbl ForCtt eftbtt
Xngdaaif bitbhy Land and Sta,
8d 7ke Parliamentary Hist-ory
An-iiCir.n. 3. Jn A£l far granting vnta the Ki^'s MejtJO
; _ •'"°- , 420,000/. by AJfegmmt af 70,000/. per Menfcm.
December, f"'' fi" Months^ far dijbanding of tht At mj and faying
eff the Navy. ,
4. An Aa fir eriiiing and ejiahlljhing a PeJI 'Office.
5. An An far the better trdcr'tng tbt fellingaf Wtnti,
end for preventing the Abufes in mingfing, eerrupting,
and vitiating 0/ IVints, and far fettling and limiting tht
Prk,.flh,frm,.
6. An Aiifer raiftng yo,OOoL far a further Sup~
ply to bis Majefly.
' Thcfe Bills being received from the Speaker by
ih; Clerk of the Parliament, were brought to his
Table, and had the Royal Aflent given them, with
other Bills as followeth. The feveral Titles w«e
Kad by the Clerk df the Crown.
1. An An for the Attainder af feveral Ptrftm guiU
iy af the horrid Murder af hit late Sacred Majefy
King Charles the Firft.
2. An Act far prohibiting the plantings f'lting^ or
fciving of 7obac:o in Enghiid and he\ind.
3. An AH for Confirmation af Marriages.
'4." An A£i for Confirmation af CeBege Ltafes end
Grants fiom ColUgeKond Hofpit'als. '
5. ■■ An A£\ far prehibiting ihi Expartetiin afWeaU^
ffcol'FellSy Fullers Earthy ar eny Kind af fcouring
£a>th. ■
Td thefe lad five Bills the Royal Afient was pro-
nounced, by the Clerk of the Parliament, in thcCe
Wcids : Le R'.y le viuli.
And to twenty-one private Bills.
AH thefe Bills being thus pafTed, die King was
plcafed to iriake the following Speech to both Houfbs :
"My Lords and Gemljemen,
Ki) Ma;efty'i J IViU not tnteitain you with a long D'tfcBurfe, the
you Thanh, and I afjure you I find it a very difficult
fyori ta fatiify myfdj in my own Exprefftons of thafe
7hanks; perfuaHary Thanks, ordinary Thanks, Jar
erdinary Civilitits art tafily givtn^ but when the
Heart
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MiMTt is as full at mint, i
j(»u i ymt bwi taktn great Pmni tt tbllge nu, aitj^
tbtrifert it caiaut it lafj far nu t» txpufs tbt Sinft
ihavttfit.
J will tnlargt nefurtbtr n thit Occafitn than t»
tiU jeu that, uibtn Gad braught mi bitber^ I bmugbt
v/ith »u an extratrdinarj /IfftBim and Bfittm far
Parliamintt.
I Meet not till yau btw much tt it tmpravii by yaOf
Carriagi tnaardt me j jau bavt eul-dnt all the gaad
end obliging jfai a/ yaur Predtctjftri tnuards tbt
Crown i and, tharefartt yau cannat but helitve mf
Start M txcudingly tnlargtd tvitb tbt AehuwUdgi-
ment,
Matry farmer Parliaments have bad pariiciJar Dt-
Htmlnatians from what they have dene ; ibey have been
fiiUd liamed and unlearned, and famttimes have bad
warfe Epithets j / pray let us all refilve that this be for
ever called the bialing and blifftd Parliament.
jfe 1 tianiyau, though not eneugh^for what yau bavt
4one, fa I have not the leafi Doubt, by the Blijftng af
Gad, but when IJball tall the next Parliament, which
Ifiall do as fean at yau can reafnably expiil, or dtfirtt
IJball receive your Thanks far what I have done finct I
parted from you, for I deal truly with you. IJball nat
more prepofe any one real Good la my/elf in my jiSiont
and in my Caunfels than this. What is a Parliament likt
ia think of this Aaian or this Caunfel ? And it Jhall bt
forwantefUnderfiandinginmt, if it will nat bear that
Teft.
1 Jhall conclude with this, which J cannot fay tat
often, nor you toa often where you go. That, next to the
miraculeus BleJRng ef God Almighty, and, indeed, as
in immediate tffe£t of that Bli£ing, I do impute tbt
goad DiJ'pofitien and Security we are all in, to the hap*
py A.ii of Indemnity and Oblivion, which ii the princi-
pal Comer-Stone that futports ihii excellent Building,
and creates Kindneft in us to each ether ; Confidenci
being aur joint and common Security, 7'au may be
fu-e I will not only ebferve, religioufly and inviolably,
m)/elf, but alfo exalt the Obfervation ef it from ethers i
and if any Perfmjhould ever have the Boldnefs to at-
ttmpt
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M.nCtt.n.ff^t U pfrfuadt me tv thi cmtrarj^ be witt fini
^_ ^ "' , fuch an Jcceptatiim fram me ai he would have tvht
Dtconbci, JhoitU perfuade me 19 burn Magna Charts, concei ali
the eld Laws, and ta treil a new Gevernment after
^y own Invtniian and Appitite.
There are many other Particulars which I will not
tTuft my ntimMemory with, but will require the Chan"
teller tafaj the reft to yeu.
After his Majefty liad done, the Lord-Chancdto^
came from his Pliice and kneeled down clofe by his
, Majefty's Chair, and received hia Majefty's Direc-
tions what to fay fufiher ; and being returned to hit
Flace^ he laid as fojiowech :
My Lords, and you the Knigbtt^ (Stizenty end
Burgejii of the Hoafi 0/ Cmmontt
crfior^Sh?^ np HERE cannot be a greater Manifcftation of
kottaHmiltt. an excellent Temper and Harmony of Af-
fcftions throughout the Nation, than that the King
and his two Houfes of Parliament meet with the
fame Affeftions and Chearfiilnefs, the fame Alacrity
in their Countenance, at the DiSolution, as when
they met at the Convention of Parliament. It is an
linqueftkuiable Evidence that they are exceedingljr
fatisfied in what they have done towards each other^
that they have very well done all the Bufnjefs they
came about ; this is now your Cafe, you have fo'
well fatisjied your oufi Confcience«, that you are
fure you have fatisfied the King's £xpe£tation and
his Rope, and the Ocfire and Wiihtis of the Coun*
try. ■ .
* It wat very juftiy obferved, by you Mr. Speaker^
diat you have never aflced any one Thing of the
King which he hath not [with all imaginable Chear-
fulnels) granted j in Tmtby his Majefty doth, with
great Comfort, acknowledge that you have been lb
nr from denying him any Thing he hath allced*
that he hath force wilhed any Thing that you have
Hot granted ; and it is no Wonder that, having-
fi> fully complied with your Obligations, and having
h well compofcd the Minda of the Na^oo,' yotf
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are billing to be relieved from this extraordinary An. nCir.lL
Fatigue you have fgbinmed fo long to, and to return '^^°' ,
to tfic Consideration of yoiir own particular A&irs, ]iec«rter.
which you have to long facrificcd to the Public ;
gnd thii reafonable Wilh and Defire hath brought
llw King to comply with you, and, which nothing >
dfe could do, to part with you viih an equal Chear-
liilneft ; and he maLei no Doubt butallfuccceding
Parliaments will pay you their Thanks for all you
have done, and look upon your Adions and your
Example with all polBble Approbation and Reve*
rence.
* The King and you have given fuck Earneft to
one another oFyour mutual Affe^ion j youhave beet)
fo txiSt and pun^al in your Proceedings towardf
each other, that you have made no Promifc, no
Piofeffioo to each other, of makinggood, to the per-
fimnuig of which the World is not Witnefs. You
declared at the Adjournment, in Septimh^ laft, you^
Kcfqlution to fettle a noble Revenue on the Crown ;
you have done it with all thcCircumftances of Affec-
tion and Prudence : The Kingpromifed you to cfta-
hlifh a Council of Trade, a Council for the foreign
Plantations, a ConimiJBon for compofing all Dil^-
renccs upon Sales j all this he did before yourcoming
ttwethe'r, and with very good £fFe£t, and you ihajl
hear that the Proceedings in every one of them ar;
more vigorous and eJFeaual after you DifTolutioa.
His Majefty then promifed you that he will give up
all his Endeavours to compofe the unhappy Difit^
rences in Matters of Religion, and to reftore the
languiihing Church to Peace and Order : Conftan-
tiiu bimfclf fpent fo much of his own Time in pri-
vate and public Conferences ; to that Purpofe his
Majeft^, in private, conferred widi the learned Men,
and h«ird all that could be faid upon fcyeral Opi-
nions and IntcreAs apart; and that, in the Pre-
ftiKe of both Parties, himfelf moderating in the De-
bates ; and lefs Care, a;id Diligence, and Authority .
would not hare done th^t Work ; and God hath fo
bleffed his Labour, and made his Determination ip
(hat Affair io geaeially agreeable^ that he hath re-
ceived
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lu. ii Can n.ceived Thanks from his Houfes of Parliament ; diat
■«6o. j«^ ffo,,^ [),g whole Kingdom : If, after all this, his
■^~^, Alajcfty doth not reap the full Harvcft he cxpeflcd
from thofe Condefcenfions ; if fome Men, by their
Writing and their Preaching, endeavour to continue
thofe Breaches, and very rafiily, and I think uncon-
Iclentioufly, keep up the Dlftinftions, and publicly
juflify and maintain what hath heretofore been done
' amifs, and for which the AGt of Indemnity wai the
beft Defence, I fball fay no more than that I hope
their Want of Modefly and Obedience will eaufe
them to be difclaimed by all pious and peaceable
Men ; who cannot but be well contented to feci
them reduced by Laws, to the Obedience they owe
to Law : And his Majefty is confident that this his
beloved City, towards which his Heart is fo gracious
and fo full of princely Defigns to improve their Ho-
nour, their Wealth, and their Beauty, will difcoun-
tcnance all the feditious Deligns ; and, by return-'
ing and fixing themfelvei upon their good oM Foun^
Nations, make themfelves the great Example of
Piety, of Loyalty, and of hearty AfFedion to th£
whole Kingdom.
' TTiis Difcourfe puts me in Mind to fay to you,
that tho' the King wonders much more at the ma-
ny great Things you have done than chat you left
any thing undone, yet he could have willicd, and
tvould have been glad, that your other weighty
Afiairs had given you Time to have publilbcd your
. Opinion and Advice in the Bufmefs of the Militia;
that the People, after fo many Difpuces upon that
Argument, might have difcemed that the King
and his two Houfes of Fatliamenr are as itiuch
in the fame Mind in that as in all other Things, as
no doubt they are ; b£it fince that could not be donc^
you may ail aflure yourfelves that the King will
proceed therein wiih all imaginable Care and Cir-
rumfpeflion, for ihe Eafc, Quiet, and Security of'
Ks People ; and as he did before the laf^ Rccef-i, b^
the unanimous Advice of his Privy Council, iltiig
out his CommiiEon of Lieuieiiancy for the fettling
ihc Militia iri the fevcral Counties, to prevent any .
Diforders
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Difordeis which runy apprehended might arife iip-An. t> Car. I
(yj ihe difbanding the Army, fo he will now again , i°fai.
recommend it to themfelves to put it in fuch a Po- ^jft^akK.
fiiirc, as may difappoint any Teditious Defigns which
are now on Foot ; and there cannot be too much
Circumrpe£lion and Vigilance to fiultrate thofe De-
figns. I
* You have heard of many fufpe£led and danger-
ous Perfons which have lately been clapt up ; and it
was high Time to loot about. His Majcily hdth fpent
many Hours himfelf in the Exainin<ition of this Bu-
iihcfs, and feme of the principal Officers, who, be-
fpre they came to his MajeRy'a Frefence, could not
bti brought to acknowledge any thing, arter ihe King
hjmfelf had fpolten to them, confelTed that theic
spirits were infenfibly prevailed upon and fubdued,
^d thai it was not in their Power to conceal their
Gtiilt from him : Thef have confcffed that there a
a Party of the late difbanded Officers arid Soldiers,
and others, full of Difcontent and fedicious Purpoi
fes, and a Refolution to attempt the Change of the
prefent Government, and to ere^ the Republic;
Tliey acknowledge that ihey did purpofe to hare
made their Attempt for the Refcue of thofe Wretches
who were fojuftly condemned at Netugati, and fo
worthily executed, and that Ludlow fhould have
then appeared at the Head of them ; that they made
themfelves fure at (he fame Time, by Parties and
Confederacy, to have furprized the Tower of Lon-
don and the Ca{l1e of Wlndjar, but that they fouAd*
or at leaft apprehended, chat their Defign was dlf-
GOvered •, which fo broke thtir Spirits, that they con-
cluded they muft acquiefce for the prefent, and ftay
fill the Army fbould be dilbanded ; which, they faid,
was generally debauc}ied ; that is, returned to an ho-
ncfl and fall Obedience to th; King} and that it fs
fvident they werg betrayed by thofe who were moft
imirdy irulted by them, and they were in the Right.
The King had Notice of all their Defigns, what
progrefs they made, and the Night (hey intended
.to furprife the Teu/er and Wiadfqr^ and gave Notice
to the feveral Governors ; ' and fo, without a^y
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**' *fo'' ''■Noifc, AatMHchitf was, by God's Goo<lii«fi, pie*
^ ' ,. vented. They acknowledge that they have fiace i<t-
lymkn -i covered their Courage and Refalution, and vert
about this Time to make their-ful) AKempt. They
have beeA promifed foine eonfiderable RHing in th^
Weft tinddr LutUtw^ and in die North under others ;
biit this Place was the Scene of grcatcft Ijop«s i
they made fiire of a Body here, I thirik fh^ fay of
two thcHifahd five handred Men, with which they
fefolved, in the firft Place, to fecure (foU know
what (hat Security is] the Perfen of the General ttit
Dukc of JiStittarlf, with whom they have lb much
Rekfon to be angry, and »t the fame Tirtie to pof-
'fcfi tbcrtifelves of ff^hitehall : You knotv th* Me*
fhod ufed in fuch Poifeffion, Kill ind ukc Pofl'cffion.
' And this infupportahle Calamity God hath agsin
diverted from tn ; though I muft tell you the poor
Men, who fcern to f^ak floneflly, and upon th£
IiApuIlion of Conscience, are very far from being
con fideiit that there will not bcfeme defperateln^
fnreAion and Attempts iii ftveral Paife of thii
Kingdom, within a &ort lime, which sfl poffibK .
Care will be taken to prevent ; and in Truth, this
very good City fo well recjuires the King's fthundaRt
Grace and Kindnefs to it, that not only by the un-
^vearied Pains and Diligence of the wcrtl»' Lord
Mayor, but by ^ general Temper and Connitutit^
ef the whole City^ the difcontented and (editious Par-
ty (which can never he totally extirpated out of fiicft
B Metropolis] ia like to have little Encour^emenC
toporfac theirdcfperatc Councils.
•The King doth ndt believe that alt thofe Per-
* fbns, who, at prefent, are apprehended and in Cu^
nody, will be fbu^ guilty of this Trcafon ; it is i
yulgarandknowii Artifice to corrupt inferior Per-
fons, by perfuading them that bcttct Men are ^-
gaged in the fame Enterprise, and the King wM
make as much Hafle as he can to fet thofe at Li^
' ' terty, againft whdm the Evidence or Sufpicidn b
not too treafbnable. In the mean Time, they whoj
in Truth, are innocent, i^ufl confefsi that the Pro^
ceedings towards them hklh been Very natural and
full
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fiill of Clemency ; and no Man wiU wonder if bji An>
Majefty be very dcfirous that, in thn Conjun£tui«{
ynd in order to prevent or lupprefs th«fe two vilib)(
I)ifleaipers and Machinationst his Majefty in all
|*laces be in good Order and Preparation j and yod
fnay aflure yourfelves that, in the Forming and C^n-
<hi£t of it, he will have fo great 3 Care for the Eafe
ind Quiet of his People, that if any Pcrfon trufte^
W Urn ihall, through Want of Skill or' Want of
Temper, fatlsfy hia own Paffion, or Appetite, in
grieving or vexing bis Neighbours, his Majefty .w3i
be fo fcnfible of it, that, if it can be cured nootlitf
Wayt his Truft fhall hequickly determined : And h«
is not at all referved in giving thofe Aniffiadvcrfions
and Reprcfacnfions w^n there is Qccalion, and faii
Ears will bp always open to receivo thofe Coot*
plaints.
, « My Lords and Gentlemen, You are now rel-
furning to j'our Countries, to receive the Thanks
and Acluiowlcdgeinents of your Friends and Neig^
bpuis for the great Things you have done ; and tO
make the Burden you have laid upon them eafy, by
convincing them of the inevitable NeccScy of thek
fubmitting to them. You will make (hem fee that
you have proceeded very far towards the Separation,
and even Divorce, of that Ncceflity from rficm, to
)vhich they have been fo long married ; (hat they are
now rtftored to that blefled Temper of Government
iind^r which their Anceftors enjoyed, fo many bun*
dred* Years, that /ull Meafure of Fdtcity, and the
Mifery of being deprived of which they have lb
fcnfibly felt ; that they arc now free from thofe. Mid--
nighi Alarms with which they have been fo terrified,
and rife off their Beds, at thtir own healthy Houfss,
without being f^luted with the Death of a Huf-
band» a Son, and Friend, jniferably killed the
Night or Day before, and with foch CircunilVanceB
killed, as improved the Mifery beyond the Lofs it>-
felf. rhislrtfrancbifemenc is worth jtU they pay for it.
Your Lordfhips will cafily recover that Eflimation
and Reverence that is due to you; high Condition, by
the Exercilc and t'railicc of that Virtue from whence
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u. It C«t. n.yourHonourstirftrprang; thcExampleofyourJufttpe
•'^^ and Piety will inflame the Hearts of the People to-
"T"!,^ wardsyou, and fnim your Praflice they will make'a
Judgment of the King hitnfelf. They know very
well that you are not only admitted to his Prefence,
but to his Converfation, and even in a Degree to
his Friendflupi for you are his great Council ; by
your Example they will form their own Manners,
and by yours tiiey will make a Gueis at the King's ;
therefore, under that Obligation, you will caufe your
Piety, your Juftiee, your Affability, and your Cha-
rity, to fhine as bright as is polBble before them.
They are too mi^cb in Love with England, too par-
tial to it, who believe it the beft Country in the
World ; there is 2 better Earth, and a better Air,
and better, that is a warmer. Sun in other Countries;
but we are no more than juft when we fey, That -
Miigland is an Inclofure of the beft People in the
World, when they are well informed and' inflruf^d j
a People, in Sobriety of Confcience, the mofl devoted
to God Almighty; iri the Integrity of their, AfFeflionsi
> tfic moft dutiful to the King j in their good Manners
and Inclinations, m oft regardful and loving to the
Nobility i no Nobility in Aora/iffo entirely beloved by
the People ; there may be more Awe, and Fear, and
Terror of them, but no fuch Refpefl towards them
as in Englcnd. I befeech your Lordfhips do not un-
dervalue tbi^Love ; they have looked upon your Lord-
fhips, and they will look upon your Lordfhips again,
as the greatefV Example and Patron of Duty ; to the
King, as their great eft Security and Protedion froni
■Injury and Injuftice, and for their enjoying whatfo-
ever is due to them by the Law; and as the moft-
proper Mediators and Interpofers to the King, if, by
any Failure of Juftiee, they fhould be cxpofed to
any Oppreffion and Violence; and this Exercife ojf
your Jullice and Kindnefs towards them will make
them the more abhor and abominate that Party up- '
on which a Commonwealth muft be founded, bc-
cauTe it would extirpate, or fupprefs, or deprive them
of tbeir beloved Nobility, which are fucb a Support
and Security to their full Happinefs.
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f And you Genti. ,ncn pf the Houfeof CoaimoBs,'*'''*^?^' "*.
»rtio arc noWfetuming ro jiiut Country, laden with ■ .■ ' ' ' j
a Truft nott intcnur ur Ici's weighcy than that you
brougiit frua) thcnc:: : You came up th^ir Deputies
to the King, and he reiurns you now his Deputies to
them i hi* Plenip.)ientiaries do infarnt and aflUrp them,
thki he thinks himrelf the hap:)icft and -greatcll
frince inthe Wo<ld, not from the Si'iutitHl qF his
Dominions, and rhe Power ol his gieat Navy, with
which he can vilit hrs N^^'ghbaurs, and keep them
frum viiiiiiig him ; or from the iijible R« venue you.
^avctertled upon him, which he wilhmprovewith all
good Hufl>.'n<Jryj but beii'g (I'lr-lTedof theAfieo
tions and Hearts of fuch .Sutije^, that he. dotb Co
intitely love [hem ?nd de;)end upon thtm, that all.
bis A^ion^ and all M-. Councils Qiajl tend tt> no •
Other £nd Hut tn tuake (hcfn happy and prorpefous i
that he th<nki'his Honour an i his Inierell principally.
to conTiilin providing fur, iindadviincing the HoftiMit
$ad IntefcH <>(, the Nation. .,
* That you may have thie more Credit in wh>t
youfav, he will not take it unl;indly If you pu li&f
lusDcte^and IntirQiities ; you may tell them that
he i* fo confiid nt in the Multitude of his VQry gooi^
and faithful SubjeAi, ihat he is v ry hard to be per-
luadal that his few ill 4nil unf-tithtul Subjc^scaq
do him tnueh Karm t ih,it he fo much depends 04
the AflK^ions of honeft Men, andthcirZcai for hi«
Security, that heis i>ot f'> fuUicit'ue andvi^I^tfoc
llisown Safety as he ought to be, amidfl lb .manf
(jiotnbirtaiions of whtvh be is fo well inforoudi that
his Servants, who wnb Grief and AngttiQi imporr
tune him not to tdJcc (o hctle Care of his own tiafetyi
can obtain no oth<r Anfwer from him, than what;
C«/«r heretofore g-ive ro his zcjIous Friends, Jl^r^
nit melie quain timbre .' He will ilc- any Oeath rattief
than live. in Fear oi nis own Subjci:4s> or ih,it they'
fliould be in Feir of him. You iHAy tctl (hem, as a
great infirmity, thdt a troubled and difioit'enteti
Countenaiice fo afflids him, th^t be would remove
it from them at his own Chaise, as if he himfelf
were in the Fault ; Axii when hs hath been ioforoicd
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1 Cur. lI.of any lets Kind or jealous Thing faid amongft yoo*'
"' (as your Windows are never fa clofe fhut, but that
aB,<bti, the Sound of your Words goes to ihc feveial Cor-
ners of the Town) his Majefty hath been heard to~-
fay no more but, iVbat have J done f I tuijh that
GentUman and I were acquainted^ thai he knew me
httier, OK! Gentlemen, you cannot he yourfdves,
nor you cacmot make yourfelvcs too zealous or too
jealous for fuch a Prince's Safety, or too follicitou*
for fuch -A Prince's Satisfai£tlon " and Content, to
' whom, we may very juftly fay, as the King of Tyrt
writ to Seiomott, Bicaaft Gait bath kvid his Pesple^
i» hath made thet King over them : Even his own
Defers and Infirmities are very neceflary Cowards
the full Meafuie of your Profperi^'.
* My Lords and Gentlemen, God hath enabled
us to invert one Argument, which I hope may, to a
good Degree, repair the much Mifchlef it hath here-
tofore done : It ha>h been urged very unre^fonaUy,
yet fucCefsfully urged, in the worft Times, that
it was not Faith, but Prefumption, to expeit -that
God would reflore a Family, with which he feenied
tohaveaControvsrfy, and hath humbled fofar; that
he wciuld countenance a Party that he had fo much
difcountenanced, and almoft dcflroyed. Wemay
here much more reafotiably, and thereforcj I hope,
«s cffedtuatly, prefs the Miracles that God Almighty
hajh lately wrought for King and People, U an Eui-
dence that be will not -again eafily totfalce them.
We m»y tell thofe who ate ufing all their £ndea*
voi/rs to embroil the Nation in new Troubles, that
it isnot probable that a Narion, ^ainft which God
hath lieemed, thcfc lace Years, to have pronounced
his JudgtnentB in the very Language, of the Prophets^
Ca, ytfwi/i -Meffiiigtrs, la a Natim fiaitired and
felled \ tt a Pe.pU tcrribU ffsm the Beginniug bir-
therlff i to a Natim rMtd out and traddtn dmtm,
■ ■ vihofe Lands 'the Rimri baVe fpiiUd; the Lord halb
minglid a ptfverfe Spirit in the. Midji there»f\
that he (htHiid reduce that Perverfcnefi to the
greateft Meelcner^ and Refignation ; that he Olould
withdraw hi»- Judgment from this Nation, and^ in.a
' . Moment,
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Moment, reilore itto atl the Happin«f» it can with,*"- 1« c«r.il^
and to no odier End but to expofe it to dw Merey . *' .
and Fury of a few difcontented Pcribns, the worn ^ttew.'^i
of the Nation, b not eafy to be believed. ,
* We mvf tell dioTe who ftill contrive the Ruin
of the Church, (the belt and bell Reformed Church
in the Chriftian World, reformed by thit Autho- .
rity, and with thofe Circumftances, as a Reforma-r
tion ought to be made) that God would nnt fo mi-
nmloufly have fnatched this Church as a Brand out
of the Fire } would not have raifed it from the Gravo
after he had fufFered it to be buried fo many Yews^
by the boiScrous Hands of profane and facrileglous
Perfbns, under its own Rubbifh, to expofe- it BgAiri
to tba fame Rapine, Reproach, and Impiety. That
Church which delights itfelf in being called cacho-
iica was never fo near Expiration, never had- fuch
a Refurreaion. That fo fmall a Pittance of Meal
and Oil fhould be /iifficient to preferve and nourifli
the poor Widow and her Funily fo lone, is very
little nioTe miraculous than that fuch a Number of
[Housy learned, and very aged Bifliopt fliould fo mitny
Years be preferved, in fuch wonderful Straits and
OppreffionSf until they fliould plentiiiilly ptOvid^
for their own Succeffion. That after fuch a dee^
Deluge of Sacrilege, Profanenefs, and Impisty had
coverad, and, to common Underftattding, fwallowod
it up; that the Church fltoutd again appear abovt
the WaKrs, God be again ferved in that Church,
and ferred as he ought to -be, and there (houkl be
fbme Revenuclett to fupport and encourage tbtrfk
who ferve him; nay, that many oFthofe who feeined
to Airfl B^r that Revenue till they had pofleiAtf it,
Should conTcientioufly reJlore what they had taJten
away, and become good Sons and wilUag Tenant!
to that Chvrch they had fo lately fpoiled, may jtaVi.
us all pioufly believe that God Almighty would no^
have been at the Expence and Charge of fuch i.
Deliverance j but, in jihe Behalf of a Church, very
acc^table ta htm, and which fliall continue to th«
End of the World, and againft which the Gales of
Hdl fluU not be able to prevail.
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* We may tel! thofe defperate Wretches who flSt
harboifl' in ib':ir Thouglj^s wicked QtHgia agaiQ&
the S»i:red Perfon of the King, in cadtt to t^e ootn-.
paJSng of their owiv Imagi.iiatioos, t}nt'Gad AW
jjiigtUy would not h^vc kd hini' through & many
Wildernelfes of Afflii^iont of all Kinds,. coodu^edi
bim through fo many^^rits. at Se^ and Perils byi
Land, fnatched him out of the Midft of thSs Kingn
dom frhen it was i^oc worthy of him, and when the.
Hapd^of ftts^iiemif^.were even upon hi 91, wheq
thcjr ihpvght t^emiplY^s (q fure of him; that they
W0»il4hi,d fa cheHp,aiLd fo vile a Price fbt kiin ; he -
^ould Aoti in i^^t Articlp, have fo covercdhim with 1^
CWd, that he g^v«|led, cv^cQ with fbms Plcafuri
and gre«t C^lervationt through the Midfi' ai his
Enqniie^-' ' He wotfld not fo wonder&iKy. /hava
He* modeyed, ih^tArmy, foinipiccd thair Heart*
indjhf Hcarlqof ;ht wh^c Nation, .with an honeft
and impatient Longing iw the Return of 'thbU'chaii
Sovereign I and, 11} the, mean Tirrw, have .(b tricil
hini. (whkh. had. IfttlB lefa. Ptovidctice in it than
^. other] with thefr. imnaturBl, or at, leaft unufuaL
Di&eS^pj^i and: B,fpfpache3 abroad, that he might
Juve, a haimkik dr)d tsi inoocent Apptciip to. his owi^
Codntry, a«dfcntit),.tp hie.own Fcoplo jwith a full
V4lue» aad the.v^t^ uhwafted Bulk.of:hii Affect
tJouBi,. wit^fout tKingcorrupted QrVaSe&bf axtxaotr
^oaiiy fcirei^ OM<gationi>' God -Alni^ty ;«(hiU
uRC-bitV;; done &lllhn but ibr a Servanj^ iidionillc
wtfmways pri^e^vc ^ the Apple of tu^ivwH S^^
t»i. -alfayi ^vlwi-booi the moft fectet Imagibatiool'
of.-hi» En*mi«s. j
-* itthefa Argii^lii^iieas-, Gcntlertien, urgtd ^ilb
thM Vfencity as is moftnMural toyour.ownGratitude
aad AfTeiflions, recovAT as many f and it woiridltt
ftrange if they fhouIdnt)t}as haveLbceiLCorriiptcd by
the other Logic, the Hearts of the whole Nation, eves
to^ MW) will infehfibly be.fo devoted; laihe: Kin^
a» iheonly Gofireivalot and Proteiftor xif.. aliihat w
deac and prpcii>u9to them.; and will be ia.zedouii
to pleafe him» whofcgreateftPleaHire-i* to fee them
picafed, that whcn.^^ nulte Cbdice. of PerTvns
- ■ ■ , - ^ * ag»in
{/•ENGLAND. loi
kgain to Terve in Parliament, they will not chufcAn. n Cw. It-
fiich as they wifli fliould oppofe the Kingi but ' ,
therefore chufe becaufe they have, and becaufe they
are to like to ferve, the King 'with their whole
Hearts ; and, fiiice he defiret what is heft for his
Peoptc) togratify himin allhisD<.-flre$, ThUblefled
Harmony would raife us to the high ell Pinnacle of
Honour and Happinefs in this World : A Pinnacle
without a Point, upon which King and People may
fecuraly reft and repofe tbemfelves, againft all ths
Gufb, and Storms, and Temptations which all the
K(alice of this World can raife againfl us : And I
am fure you will all contend to be at the Top of this
Pinnacle.
* I have no more to add but the Words of Cu-
ftom. That the King declares this prefent Parlia-
ment to be diflblved i and this Parliament is diilbl-
ved accordingly.'
Cj* The CempHers of thii Hi^ory, having jinijhti
tbt Work tip to tbt. Period they intended, proceed nt
furihtr i and da mvi return their hearty shanks U
the Pi^lie/w thtir kind andgemraut Mceptatice »f it.
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A P P EN D IX
Several A^at'ters relative to the foregoing Ffifioryt
which 'were either emitted in thrCourfe of it,
, or have been fent in to the Compilers Jince the
'Puhiicatien of the former Part (jf ibis fferk.
Mdfirfiy
tXfP'ARLIAMEN'tARy'HllTORT, Vol. I, p. 174,
^T havinglwen objed^ that too IHtle- is ao, 15 u. m.
\ fald <^ th« famoiu A3 of ^c 25th of >JI'-
yBdfvoari II!; declaring wtnt Offences '^"' * " '^
[ ihaH be judged Tksas OK; itisihmtght
. , ' proper to reprint the whole A3, as it
^niib.'in our Statute 6o0k» ; a Rt^ieal of ndiich hat
tkm\itaai attempted in any Reiga fiacc. . .
jf OxClAiiATioH mihai Offtnia Jk^ h* e^uigtd
■ Tkzaion.
* T^rrHercas divers Opinion* have been, befwc
« *'. ihia Time, in what Cafe Trealbft &»\\
^iK.Giid* "Hi ill what ndt: The King, tt the Re-
*i)deft of the Lords and of the Commons, hath
* otadc a Declaration in the Manner as ber<e»ftet
* ftjloweth I that is to fay, When a~Man doth cofn>
' pafs or imagine the Death' of cair.Lorld. the King)
^orofour Lady bis Quecrt, .01 gt their «(^e^i.S{>n
* in^ Heir ; or if a Man do viobcte the iCing'k p9in-
* p^ioRi or'th? King's elded iSau^htcf unmaoifdt
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u .s W. m.t or_the WLfe of the King's eldcft Son and Heir i
ii „ i ^^'" I ■ *M''ftj Man do levy War igainft our Lord the
* King in his Realm, or be adherent to the King*»
* Enemies in hit Realm, giving lo them Aid and
* Comfort in the Realm or cHewbere, and thereof
* kt-piDtU^lyaiijpinted, 6i apqn Deed by People trf'
* their Condition : And if a Man counietfeit the
* King's Great or Ptivy .Seal, ol* his Money ; and
* if a Man bring f>lfe Money iiito this Realm, coun-
* teifeit to the Money ni ' Engiand, as the Monc^
* called Lujhburgh, or other like to tbc faid Money
* of England^ knowing ihe Money to be falfe to
< Mstciundife, or nuke Payment^ in Dectitof out
* faid Ltudihe King» and of his People ! Andif a
* Mil) flay the Chancellor, Trcafurer, or the King's
* JufiKei of the one Bench or the other, Juftices in
•■Eyi-ej' ot JulHcesof Affize, and all olb«r jufticesf
* affigned to heaf and determine, bqug ia tbcir
* Places doing their Offices.
• , * And. it 'a to, Ik underffoicidf in ^ CaGci aibore
* rehearfedi that ou^ht to be judged Treating
* wHidi extend:! to ^r Lord the King ad bis lU^a]
* Mij«fly ; and of fuch Txe«fon,the ^Forfeiture of
' ■* ♦:riirEfcheats perttihetfc to our Lord, as t^H of
^ jbeXftiidi and raneoifnt* heldca of. other^ as of
<biiDf^lt
■ ^ And/ Ototeevet, ^kk >! aqothtlr^MiHiiVM: q(
* Treafun ; tkib it to by, When & Ssry^L^eth
'hisMafterj bra^Vjfc her Htrfband';' or when a
* Man, SlKukr ^oi Rerig)oiK, Saycth. hi* Pi!t^Qlp
* ifrhom he oweth Faith and Ubediehce ; and t6
* foch Ttea&ntME^be«ts ought to. pHijfiiTt«4nvn'
* Ltfntof *i«ownFee. V7
' < Atid beqaufe that tfiany «^f likq (i^Jl&s «f;f sear
. * fbti Biay inppen in TtmB tp come^ Jt^i^ f.PI^^
*«MttK« think nor'^ccltve-at.Afaitfrercnt Tioic \ it
''bKOMded.Hut if aiiyoEhfrCafe, f^ppoied.'Trea*
' A>n, Which is notabote fpecifled, do^ happen be*
* fore sn^. JutUce^ ibc Juftices Ihall t^ny without
* ai^ going to Judgdfint of. the Treafon, till th«
* OiaSt b< fliewed tuid^dcclared bsfoi*. the King and
' ' 1 ■ ' ' • his
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. A f li» E N 6 i St. , , J
•his, Parliament, whether it ou^t to b« juJgedA". is ** *";
" Trcafon or other Felony. . .. '^^'' , -»
* And if, pcrcafc, any Mail of this Realm ride" ' "
* armed, covertly or fecrttly with Meo of Atma,
* againft any other, to flay him, or rob him^ or Mdt«
* bini) or retain hijji till he hath made Fine ^r ,Ra>i ' '
^ Tom for to have his Deliverance, it a not tbQ
* Mind of the King nor his Couttctl, that in fu(;U
* Cafe it fliall be judged Yreafon, biit (ball be juilgcd
^ Felony or Trefpafs, according to the Lava of tha
* Land of old Time ufed, and according as thn Cafa
» rcquiretb. And if in fuch Cafe, or other like, be-
* fore this Time» any Jufticaa have juil^ed TreafoBa
■ and for this Canfc the Lands and Tenements have
* commen into the Kill's Hands as Forfeitii the.
" chief Lords of the Fee fhall have the £fcbeus oC
* the Tenements holden of them, whether that ths
■ fame Tenements be in the King's Hands oc in
* others* by Gift ot id other Manner. ,
* Saving always to our Lord the King the Year
* and the Wafle> and the Forfeitures <tf Chatteb,
* whtt^ pertain to him ia the Cafes aborenamcd.
* And that the Writs of Sdrt fadtt ,be panted in
* fuch Cafe agatofi the Land Tenements witbauC
■ other Original, and vrithout allowing ;uiy Proteci
* tion in the faid Suit. And that of the Liuidi wbidl
^ be in the King's Hands^ Writs be, granted tq tbs
* ShetiJ^ of the Counties where the Lands be, to
* deliver them out of the King's Hands vithout De-
. Nothing occurs to the Editora of this Hiftoryt
-frbich is omitted in the Worlc, .from the laft Pl:riod
Co theReignofKing^nmuthe Firft^whe^e wc£n<l
a Speech of that Monarch's wanting, which he mad* .
J» both^Houfcs of Parliament at (Vbi^hMi AJanh
&3, 1609, andf the feventh Year of hii Reigtu
This Speech, or the Occafion of caUingboth Hqiife»
together, at this Time, is not ta^en Noticfeof ia
the Jemnals of either Houfef .and therefore W«
know not exadly where to place It ("a^. QutfinceWC
find
< fd^^J It iVcnu to fill in rojuetiiuic about page 1*7, Vol. V.
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An. 7 TuDM I^d it printed in the large Folio Volume of tbii
. '^9- , King's Works, the AuthchUcity of it cannot be dlf-
' MinJi. P*"^ > ■"*' thenton We give it as follows :
ASp««£hofK«it* TX/E being now in the Midft* of tMis Sfeafon
LAH^rf" appointed for Penitence arid Prayer, it
jSi^T.i ' ^"^ lo rallert out, that thfiffe tw6 Isft Days baVe
Whitd^aUrtb^ bben Tpcnc in a far other Sort of ExerCife, I itiean
•1. »*>?» • in Euchariftick Sacrifices, and Gratulation of
* Thanks prefented unto me by both the f'aits of
* this Body of Parliament j and therefore tft make up
* the Number of three, which is die Number of Tri-
* nity and PerfcSion, I have thought good to make
■ thij the third Day, to be fpent in this Exdrcife.
. * As ye made me a fair Prefent, indeed, in prt-
* fenting your Thanks and loving Duties unto me,
« fo have I now called you here, to recompenfe you
* again with a great and rare Prefent, which is a fair
* and a cryflai Mirror \ not fuch a Mirror wherein
' you may fee your own Faces, or Shadows, but
* Rich a Kiirror, or Cryftal, as, through the Tranf-
* parentnefs thereof, you may fee the Heart of your
* King. The Phitofophers wifh that every Man's
* Brtatt were a Cryftal, ihrough which his Hear^
* might be fcen, is vulgarly known ; and I toucbe((
* it in one of my former Speeches unto you: But
* tho' that were impofliblc in the general, yet wilt I
* now perform this for my Part, That as it is a true
* Axiom in Divinity, that dr Rigii is in Manu Di-
* miff/, fo will I now fet Car Regis in Oculii Ptfuli.
* I know that I can fay nothing at this Time, whcrc-
* of fome of you that are he^e have not, at one Tims
'or other, heard me fay the like already; yet ar
•corporeal Food nou rim eth and malntaineih thi
* Body, fo doth Rimibijcenlia nouriOi and mainuia
* Memory.
'■ ' I wilT reduce to three general and main Ground).
*the princi{)at Things that have been agitated ia
•this-pattiament, andwhereofl will now fpeak.
'• * Fir^i The Errand for which you were called by
** me ; and that w«»f for fapportirf; of mv State and
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« The fund h, Thit which dw People tre toA^ ? '^a- L
'move unto the King ; to reprcfent untj him fuch . '^' ,
* Things whcieby ihe Subjea»iice vexed, or where- uuA,
■ in the Stale of ihe Commonwealth is to be rettreT*
■■ fed : And that it the Thing which ;ou call Griev-
~*ane*s.
* The third Ground that hath been handled
* amongft you, and not onlj' in Talk amongft yoa
' in the f arliamenti but even in many other People's
'' Mouths, as well within a> without the Parliament,
< is of a higher Nature than any of the former, tho'
* ii be but an TnciilcnC ; and the Rcafon is, becaufe
' a- eoDce ms a higher Point : And this is a Doubt,
* which hath been in the Heads of ioaitt of my la-
* teotion in two Things. • '
* Firfit Whether I was refblveJ, in the general,
' to continue Dill my Government according to ths
* antient Form of this State, and the Laws of this
* Kuigdom ; or if i had an Intention not to limit
■ myulf within ihofe Bounds, but to alter the fame
* when 1 thought convenient, by the ablblute Powec
' of a King. '
* The other Branch is anent the Common Law,
* which Tome hid a Conceit I dtdiked, and (in re-
* fpeS that I was born where another Form of Law
■ was cftabliihed) that I would have wilbed the Ci-
* vil Law to have been put in Place of the Common
* Law, for Government of this Pec^ie. And the
* Complaint made amongft you of a Book writt«a
* by Dr. Cawdl,- was a Part of the Occafion of this
* Incident. But, as touching my Cexifure of that
« Book, 1 made it already to be delivered unto you
* by the Treafurer here fitting, which he did out of
* my own Direaioos and Notes ; and what he faid
* in my Name, that had he direaiy from me. But
* what he fpokc of himfelf therein without my Di-
* re^on, I {hall always make good, for you may be
« furelwillbeloathtomakefofaoneflaRIanaLyar,
* or deceiv* your Expeiiations : Within very few
•• Days my Edid fhail come fcrth anent that Mat-*
* KTf which fiiall full/ dl&nvref my Meaci(i;)g.
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^ 'J^"^* * "^^^ *** never any Reafon to move Men'to,
, '^' . 'ttiinltthati CoBld like fuch Oronniis j for there are
it^^\ * two Qualities ptincipalty, orrather iSHvations, tha^
* inakei Kings fubje^ to Flattery, Cre^uli^ and t^-
• AOFMice ;■ Mwt I hope none of them cart be juftly,
• obje^ed to me : For if Jiexamltr the Grea^ tat all
*')>is Learning, bad been wife, in that Point, lc> have
«cdn(tdered the Scatb oF his own natural Bady and
' Difpofition, he would neVer have thought himrd^
<■ 4 God. And now to the Matter : As it is a Chri-
• fltan Duty in iyety Man, rttiden Rotitntm Fida^
*wA not to be afhamed to give an Accxiunt of lua
* ProfriBon before Men and Angels, as oft as Ot-
• cafion {hall requite t (6 did I ever hold it « Necef-
* fi^ of Honour, in ft jufl and wife Kingi though not
• to give an At;coHnC to his ftoplc of his Anions*
*yet dearly to dcKrer his Heart and Intention unta.
* them upon every Otcafion. But I mult invert vaj.
• Order, and begin firft witfi that Incident which
' was ht{l in iny0ivifion, though highefl of Nature, -
» and fo go baelcwanJi
• The State of Monarchy is the fiipbmeft TtyDg
■« upon Earth ; for Kings are not only God's Lieut^-^
■ nants upon Earth, and fit upon God's Throne, But
* even by Lfod himfdf they are called Gods. Tticr«
*'be Aree prindpal SimilitudcE that illuftrate th^
' State of Monarchy^ oire taken ouc of the Word oC
* Ood, and the two other out of the Givunde oF Po-
* licy Mid Philofbph/; In the Scriptures Eing« 'ar«
* called Gods i and {o their Power, after a cerraiit
' ■ Rielation, cbnfparcd to the Divine' Power, Kisgt
< are aUb compKred to Fathers' of Families i Ipr^
'(King is truly Fvnns Pairia, the politic Father oi
* his People. Anrf laftiy,' Kings are compared tq
• the Head of this Microcoftn of [he Body of Man. ' .
■ • Kings are joftly called Gods, for that thej e?c-
• ercifc a Manner of Refcmblaftce of Divine Pow«
* upon Enith : For if you will confider the Attributes
• of Gbd', yon ftall fee how tt^y agrc« vi the Per/oii
'of a King. God'tiathPowei' to Create or deftroy, ■
• make or unmake^ ^at Ms I^alfiire ; to give tifV, or
*'(«a4 Death} to judge all, and to be judged by ur
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*.Ktl0^niMeto bo&B i to rufc low TTilngi^ lad «>*•• ^^T** ^
* piBk« bi^ Thing! low it his PleaAir^ i' $ad to - ''^ ..
' God are both Soul and Body due j And the lik^e tfiuA.
* Pow«T luve Kingi ; they make ' and unmake their
*.Subjc^ I tbcT have Power of railing and caftin^
*dowiii «f LiCe and of Eleatfa j Judges over ilf
f^ir Sabjci^*. and in all Caufei, and yet accowit*'
table to none but God only. - They havePowef
* to exdt low Tbinp, and akaiCc high Things,' and -
* onikeof their Subje& ]ikeMenattheOie&} a Pawil
* to take a Bi&op or a Knight^ and to cry up of
* down any .of their Subje^, aa ihey do theirMo*
*^iK}e ; ai^ tothe King is duo both the Aifedibnt.of
* the SouU and the Service of the Body of hisSitb^
''l.jcfb :;^nd kherefore that Rtvsrtnd Bilhop her«
* ami^igA yoU) iliough I -heir thatbjrdiven hewal
i miltaloea or not welL undpiAood ; yet iid he preaCH
* both leamciHy and truly anaiu thli Point^ con-
>* ccrning the Power of a King ; for what he fplkt
* of a Kin^s Power in Ai^raile^ a moft true in
* Divinitjr : For Co Emperors or Kings thdt are Mb'
* narcbs* their Subje& Bodies and' Goods aradut
* for theit Defence and Maintenance. Bat if 1 had «
* bees in hb Place, I would have only have addcdnro
* Wor<l8t winch, wqutd h^vc clcare<l all ; for aflet
* I bad tfMi at a Divine, what was due by the Suf^-
* je& tothcir Kings in general, I would theft have
*c;oncludbi]ia9.aa £i^/t^ndny ihctt'ing thttPet^lfe
' that ■»,; in^^eneral, all SBbje^wcre bound to f^-
*■ Iteve their King, fe to exhort them i that as Wb
Jt lived'inaiiciUnt Stite of a Kingdom wbicti wa)
* govoned ' by it? own Fundamental Laws' and
* Orders,' thdt, sccnrding thereunto, ihey wert
* now { being' allemblcd for this Purpofe in Par"-
' liamsnt ) to conftder how' to help fuch a King
fas now they hitd ^and that, according to the anticiit
* Form amd Order eftabliflied in this KingdonT,
■putting a, Difference between the general Power
*of 'a Kui^in .pivinity, and the fettled and eftal
* bli(bed State of this Crown and Kingdom. Andl
* atn fure that the Bifliap meant tn h -ve done 'the
* iame, if he faad not been Hiaimeil b^ 'Iimej whis^
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Ab. '•} Junn i>< inK^d of the GreitneTsof tJM Prefeiice pmcb-
.- /""^.l-. . * 'ig before me, and fuch an Audjtofy, he durft not'
, - Mireh,- * prefume upon.
* As for ^ Fadier of a Family, they had of oW,'
Sunder the Law of Nature, Patrim Fattftaitmy
* which was Ptufloum Vitm (J Netis, over Aeir
* Children or Family j I mean -fuch Fatjiers of Fa-
* milics M were the lineal Heirs of thofe Families
* whereof Kings did originally come; For Kingi'
f had their £r(t Original from them, who plantetf
* and fpread themfelyes in Colonies thro' the World.
■ * Now a Father may difpofe of his Inheritance to hi«
* Children at his Ptcafure ; yea, even dirmheiit tkti
4 Eldcft upon juft Occafions, and prefer the Youngeft
* according to his Likiog i make themBeggars or rich
* 4t bis Ptcafure ;' relhain or hanifli out of bis Pre^
f Ance as' he finds them give Canfe of OStnct j of'
* i^eSore them in Favour again wth the penitent Sin-
'Mr. So may the King deal with hisSd)jei£ls.
.. * And, /ir/'i^ asfaidKHcad of the natural Body;
t dw Head ha^ the Power of dirafitng all the Mem-
*.beFS of the Body to that Ufe which the Jvipatoi
. f in the Head thinks moft convenient. It may ap-^
* ply fharp Cures, or cut off corrupt Members, let
* filood in what Proportion it thinks fit, and as the
( Body may fpare; but yet is all ihis Power ordained
« by God, ad M.dificati»ntmy ma ad Dt/nOlitntm.
* For although God have Power u well of Dcftruc'-
* ticn, as of Creation or Maintenance; yet will it
:* not agree with the Wifdocn of God to e»rcife hid
> Power in the DeflruSitm of Nature, and overturn^
* jng the whole Frame of Things, fincc his Creatures
* were made, thjt bi-i Gli»7 might thereby be the
* better exprelTed : So were he a foolifh Father that
* woi Id dilinheiit or deflroy his Children without 2
* Caufe, or leave off the careful Education of them.
> And it were an idle Head'ihat wouldi in place of
f.Phyfic, fo poifon or phlehntomizc the Body, as
.' might breed a dangerous Pillemper or Deftru£lion
. " therccf.
* But now, in thefe our Times, weare to diflin-
* guilh between thcSiatc (^ Kings In their fiift Orr-
' ginal>
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* Btai, and between the Sate of fettled King) and An. '7 jaM I
* Monarchs, th»t do at this Time goverrt in civil , '^'
' Kingdoms : For even as God, during the Time of jugdi,
* the Old Tef^amcftr, ipikebf Oncles, and wrought
* by Miracles I yet bqw fooitit-plcafed^iin tofctttc
^ a Church, which was bought and redeemed by the
'Blood of hi; only Son ChriA, (hen 'ms there at
* Ceflation of both j he ever after governing hif
* People and Church within ^ LimitI of^ia re'
^ vcalcd Will. So itt the firftOriginal of Kings,'
* whereof fonie had thnr Beginning by Conqueft,'
* ^nd fome by Eleflion of the People, th«ir Wills tt
* that Time ftrved for - LbW i yet how foon King'
*doms began to be fettled in Civility and Poltcy,-
* then did Kings fet down their Mirids by Laws,
* which are properly made by ihc K'"g only t but
* at the Rogation of the People, the King's Granf
* being obtained thereunto. And fo the King became"
* to be Ltx hjuini, after a Sort, binding himlelf by
' a double Oath to the Obrervatitm of the FundS''
f mental Laws of his Kingdom ; tacitly, as by betng
^ a King, and fo buund to pruteAis well the People^
' as the Laws of }>>> Kingdom ; dhd exftrcHy, by his
* Oath at bis Coronation : So as every jufl King, iit
* a fettled Kingdom, it bound to obferve that Pac^
* tion made to his People by hi) Laws, in framing
? his Government dgreeable thercuntoj according t6
'. that Faflion w^hich God made with Noah after iht
* Deluge, Hfttafur Sied-rhm caJ Hurwft, Ctkt
9 and Hiat, SumVstr and tyinttr, and Doy'ami N'ighn,
' JhelluBt ceafe fa long ai tht Ea'lhreniaint.. And
* therefore a K'ng, governing in a fettled Kint'dom',
* leaves to be a King, and degenerates into a Ty'-
* rant, as foon as he leaves oft' to rule according tfi
f his Laws. In which Cafe the King's Confciet^ce
* may-fpcak unto him as [he poor Widow fjid" t6
* Pbilip of Macidott, Hithzr gBVirn..e(eiiri^ng tc yaur
* Lata, aut nt Rtx/is, And tho' no Chriftian Man
'ought to allow any Rebellion of People againit
* their Prince, yet doth God never leave Kings on*-
* puniflied when they traufgrefs thefc Limits.: Kor
* in that &me Pfalm where God faith to Kings ^« ,
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«• M Plif^ii, hc:ii»(n?dUiely thwf after concludes, 5(**
,' yf./halj dit ,iji< Mfii- The higher wc arc placed'
« the greater (hall ou; Fail be. Ut Cafui fu Dolor,.
' The uJler the True be, tbeoioM in Danger of the-
*WiniIi antf tile Temped beats foreft upon the
' higbefl MoiuUaias. Thi-reforc all Kings that are.
« aot Fyraots^ or, perjured, wtU be .gUt to bound,
itbemftlves witfain the Limits. qf tbeir Laws ; and-
( tbey that periiiatle them to ihecontrary are Vipen-
* and Fefts» both agamft, th«in and the Q^mmon-
* wealth. For it. is a great Dfiercuce between A
*King's Gouerjinaent ina fettled Statf, and nthat.
< Kings ia thair mgiaal Put^er.nilgbt do ifl /"tlhi-w
*.iiu vaga,: As fuf niy Part, I tbaolt Go-J I liave-
*. evergivCnIgobd Pronf thaCJ ryver had Inteiuion>
«,t© the conlraf)^ i- *iid 1 am fure to g.o ioojy Orave
* witb that Jl«^t3tian and Comfbit, That neveri
* King w^, lintjl bis Time, more careful tohave
*.fais Laws duly obferved, . and himfelf to goycuk
< {hereafter, ^han i. . , .
' I conclude .then .this Point touching clje Pow?t
* of Kings, wi^ (his Axjom of Divinity, That as to
* difputc what God may do, is Blafphemy ; but ^uid
fvuit Deut, that Divines m»y lawfully, and do or*
'dinarily, difputeanddifcuf^iforto difpute afofftai
' ^, is bol^ ^inft Logic and Divinity: Sola
*it Sedition in Sul:jeda to difptite what a King may
*do m the Height of fais Power ; butjufl Kings wiU
*ever be-williog to declare what they will do, if
'. they will not incur the Curfe of God. i will not
* be contenttbtt my Power be difputcd upon ; but I
* fliall ev$r be willing to malu: the Keafon appear of
^ all my Doings, and rule my Adioos accoidingto
\ my Lavrs.
^ The other Brandi of this Incident is concfrning
< the Cranmon Law, being conceived by fon^e th<i£
* I contemned it, and preferred the Civil Law therOr
* unto. As I have already faid, Kings Aiflions, eyen
* in the fecreteft Places, are as the Aifiionsof ttiofe
■ that arc fet upon the Stages, oc on the Topsof
f Houfet : And I hope never to fpeak that . in
* private which 1 Jball not avow in Public, and print
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« ir, rf Need be, asl'faid in my Bafilkon Doron. FofAa. ? J
* ii is true, that within thefe few Days I fpolte ficcly "^
* my Mind touching the Common Law in my Piivy ^^
' Cbambefj'at the Time of my Dinner, which ii
' come to all your Ears ; and the fame was likewile
'related unto you by my Treafurer : And now I
* will again repeat and confirm the (ame myfclf unto
'you: /■(>/?, as a King, I have Ie*ft Caufeof any"
* Man to dillike the Common Law ; for no Law
< can be more favourable and advantageous for a
■ King, and extendeth further his Prerogative than ic
■ • doth. And for a King of 'England to defpifc the
' Common Law, it is to negleft his own Crown. It
' ij true, that I do greatly efteem the Civil Law, the
' Profeffion ihcfcof ferving more for general Learn-
* ing, and being moft neceflary forMattersof Treaty
* with all foreign Nations ; and 1 thinic that if ic
* fhould be taken away, it would make an Entry to.
' Barbarifm in this Kingdom, and would bleiqiOi the
' Honour of England : For it is in a Manner Lf*
* Gentium, and maintaineth Interceurfe with all fo-
* reign Nations. But I only allow it to have Courfs
*hcre, according to thofe Limits of Jurifdiflion,
' which the Common Law itfelf doth allow it. And
•therefore, tbo' it be not fit for the general Govern-
' ment of the People hete, i{ doth not follow it
* fbould be extind, no more than becaufe the Latin
' Tongue is not the Mother or Radical Language of
' any Nation in the Wwld at this Time, thatthere-
' fore the Englijh Tongue fhould_ oijy now be
' learned in this Kingdom ; which were to bring jii '
* 'Barbarifm. My Meaning therefore is riot to pre^
' fer the Civil Law before the Common Law, but
"* only that it fbould hot be cxtinguiflied, and yet To
'bounded^, (I mean to fuch Courts apd C»ifes] as
'have been in antient Ule ; as the ^cdefiaftical
•Courts, Court of Admiralty, C^urt of Reijucfts, ■
" 'andfuchlike ; referving ever to the Comman La«
* to meddle with the Fundamental Laws of thi#
* Kingdom, either concerning, the King's, Preroga?
* tlve, or the Pofleffions-of Subje£b» in any Qye-
•ftionsj either between the King, and any c* them,
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7 Jamej 1.* Of amongft theitifelves, in the Points of meum W
■'*'| , • luum. Fur it is true, that there is no Kingdom
Mirth. ' ''* '''^ World, not only Scollandy but not France^ -
' not Spain, nor any other Kingdom governed merer '
* ly by the Civil Law; but every one of them hath
* their ovFi) Municipal Laws agreeable to their Cuf-
' lofns, as this Kingdom hath the Common Law.
* Nay, I am lb far from difallowing the Common
* LaW, as I proteft that, if it were in my Hand tq
* chofe a new Law for this Kingdom, I would not
* only prefer it before any other National Law, but
* even before the very Judicial Law of Mops, And -
* yet 1 fpeak no Blafphcmy in preferring it for Con;
* veniency to this Kingdom, and, at this Time, to
' the very Law of God : For God governed his fe-
' leifted People by thefe three Laws, Ceremonial,
* Moral, and Judicial. The Judicial being only fit
'for a certain People and a certain Time, whiclx
* could not ferve for the general of all other Peo(4c
* and Times. As for Example, If the Law of
* Hanging for Theft was turned here to Reflitution
I ' of Treble or Quadruple, as it was ia the Law of
* Mtfes^ what would become oCall the middle Shires,
■ Ind all the Irijh and Highlandtn ? But the main
* Point is, That if the Fundamental Laws of any.
* Kingdom fhould be altered, who fhould difcerii
■ what is nuum dS luum, or how fhould a King go-.
' vern ? It would be lilce the Grtgerlan Calendar,
* which deflroys the old ; and yet doth this new-
'trouble all the Debts and Accounts of Trafficki
* and Merchandizes. Nay, by that Account, I can
■ never tcU mine own Ag<£; for now is my Birth-daf
* removed, \>y the Space of ten Days, nearer ihq
* than it was before the Change. But upon the other
• • Part, tho' I have in one Point preferred our Com-
* mon Law, concerning our Ufe, to the very Laui
* of God ; yet, in another Rcfpe£l, I mufi fay, both
* Our Law, and all Laws elfe, are far inferior to that
* Judicial Law of God: For no Boole nor Law il
* perfcfl, nor free from Corruption, except only the
* Book and Law of God. And therefore I could
* wifli fome three Things specially to be purged and
* cleared
A P P END I X. 13
cleared in the Common Law; but always by the*** 'J™**
Advice of Parliament L For the King with his Par- . ' ^'
liament here are abfolute, as I underftand, in mak' Muili.
ing orforming of any Sort of Laws, '
' Firft, I could wilh it were written in our vutga^
Language ; for now it is in an old, mixt, and cor-
rupt Luiguage » only undcrftoOd by Lawyers :
Whereas every Subjcft ought to undctftand As
Law under which he lives ; for fincc it is our PIe«
againll the Papitls, that the Language in God's
Service ought not to be in an unknownTongue,
according to the Rule in rtic Law of Msfes^ That
the Law fhould be written in the Fringes of the
Prieft's Garment, and Ihould be publicly read in
the Ears of all the People { fo methinifs ought our
Law to be made as plain as can be to the People,
that the Excufe of Ignorance may be taken from
them, for conforming tbemrdves thereunto.
' ^»*rf, Our Common Law hath not a fettled
Text in all Cafes, being chiefly gronnJed either
upon old Cufloms, or elfe upon the Reports and
Cafes of Judges, ^ich ye call Rtjpinja Pruitntum.
The lilcc whereof is in all other Laws, for they are
much ruled by Precedents, fave only in Dtnmark
and Nerway^ where the Letter of the Law refolves
all Doubis, without any Trouble to the Judge.
But tho' it be true. That no Te;(i,of Law can be fo
certain, wherein the Ci'cumftanccs will not makd
a Variation in the Cafe; far in this Age Men's
Wits incrcafe fo much by Civility, that the Cir-
Cumflances of every particular Cafe varies fomuch
from the general Text of Law, as in the Civil
Law itfelf, there are therefore fo many Do^rs
that comment upon the Text, and never-a^one al^
moft a^ees with another ; otherwife there needed
nojudgesj but the bare Letter of the Law. Yet:couId
I with that fome more Certainty were fet down iit
this Cafe by Pailiament; for iincc the very Es'
ports them^tves "are not alwajs fa binding but
diat divers Times' Judges ds difclaim tbemj and
recedeftom die Judgment t^tbtir Predccefrors,.it
were, goad Lhat, upon a maOffe Deliberaiaunti the
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Expofition of the Law were fet down by A& of
Parliament, and fuch Reports therein confirmed,
as verc thought fit to ferve for Law in alt Times
hereafter ; and fo rhe People fbould not depend up-
on the bare Opinions of Judges, and unceitain
Reports. .
* And, la/lfy. There be in the Common L^w di-*
vers contrary Reports and Precedents j and this
Corruption doth likewifc concern the Statutes and
A&s of Parliament, in refpefl there arc divers crofi
and cufiins Statutes, and Tome fo penned, as they
may be taken in divers, yea cootiary, Senfes.
And therefore would I wifh both thofe Statutes and
Reports, as well in the Parliament as Common
Law, to be once maturely reviewed and reconci-
led ; and that not ooly all Contrarieties fbould be
fcraped out of our Books, but even that fuch penal
Statutes as were made but for the Ufe of the Time,
(from Breach whereof no. Man can he free)
which do not now agree with the Conditi<»i of
this our Time, might likewife be left out of wir
Books i which, under a tyrannous or avandous
King, could not be endured. And this Reforma-
tion might, methinks, be made a worthy Work*
and welldeferves a Parliament to he fet of purpofo
for it.
* I know now, that being upoa this Point of ttu
Common Law, you look to hear my Opioioo con-
cerning Prohibitions j and I am notipiorant that I
kave been thought to bean Enemy to all Prohibi-
tions, and an uner Stayerof them: But I will (bortly
. now inform you what hath been my Courfe in pro-
ceeding therein. It is true, that, in tefpefiof di-
vers honourable Courts arid Jurifdiftiona planted
in this Kingdom, I have ofteo wilhcd that evoy
Court had his own true Limit and Jurif^ifiioit
clearly fet down, and certainly known } which if it
be exceeded by any of them, or that any of them
encroach one upon another, then I grant that &
Prohibition inj^hat Cafe is to go out of thejCing's
Bench, but chieflieiil out of the Chancery ; for
other Bcjuhes, I amootyetfo wdi.icfi^Kd of
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APPENDIX. ij
* their Jurirdi£tion in that Point. And, for my Part, Ad. j J»mti !•
' I was never againll Prohibitions of this Nature, nw . '^' .
'the true Ufc of them j which is, indeed, to keep Mmh.
'every River within his own Banks and Channels.
* But when I faw the Swelling and Overflowing of
* Prohibitions, in a far greater Abundance than ever
' before, every Court ftriving to bring in moft Moul-
* ter to their own Mill, by Multitudes of Caufes,
* which is a Difeafe very natural to all Couris and
* Jurifdiaiona in the World. Then dealt I with
'this Caufe, and that at two feveral Times, once in
*■ the Midft of Winter, and again in the Midfl of
< the next following Summer ; at every of which
* Times I fpent three whole Days in that Labour,
'and then, after a large Hearing, 1 told them, as
' Cbrifl: faid concerning Marri^e, a6 lailitnmfuit
*fic : For as God contains the Sea within his own
*• Bounds and Marches, (as it Is in the Pfehu) (o 'it
* is my Office to make every Court contain himfelf
< within his own Limits ; and therefore I gavcAd-
' monitions to both Sides : To the other Courts,
< that they fhoilld be careful hereafter every of them
^ to contain themfelves within the Bounds of their
* own Jurifdiflions j and to the Courts of Common
^ Law, that they {hould not be fo forward and pro-
* digal in multiptying their Prohibitions. Two Cau-
* tlons I willed them to obferve, in granting their
^ Prohibitions : Ftrft, That they fhould be granted
* in a right and lawful Form i and next« That tbejr
'ihould not grant them but upon ajuftand reaibn-
*iU>le Caufe, As to the Form, it w^s,' That none
* {bould be granted by any one particular Judge, or
*inTinicof Vacation, or In any other Place, but
* openly in Court. And to this the Judges themfelve*
( gave their willing Af&nt : And as to the Caufe^
* That they fhould not be granted upon every flight
* S^urmife, or Information of the Party -, but always
< that a due and grave Examination fhould firft pre-
'cede; otherwife, ifProhlbutions fhould rafhly and
* hcadily be granted, then no Man i$ the more fc
, * cure of hisqwn, thoughhehatbEoiten. a Sentence
* f/ith lum ; for as good Uve" iio Law. or Sentence,
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i6 APPENDIX.
,n. 7 jamei I. < as to have^no Execution thereof. A poorMiniftcr,
'°°5- ^ * with much E.abour and Expsnce, having exhaufted
" Much, ' ^'^ P"'"' ^l^^ns, and being forced to forbear his
* Study, and lo bscome non-rcfident from his Flock,
* obtains a Sentences and I'hen, when he looks to tn-
» joy the Fruits thereof, he is defrauded of all by a
* Prohibition, according to the Parable of Chrift,
' Thai Night, when he thinks himfelf mtft happy, JhaU
* his Soul bt takinfmm him. And fo is he tortured
* like Tmtalus ; who, when he hath the Ap;)le at his
' • Mouth, 'and that he is gaping and opening his
* Mouth to receii'e it, then muft jt be pulled from
, * him by a Prohibition, and he not fufFered to tafte
* therepf. So as,, to conclude this Point, I put a
' Difference between the true Uie of Prohibitioiis,
* and the fuperabounding Abufe thereof; for as a
* Thing, which is good, ought not therefore to be
* abufedj fo ought not the lawful Ufe of a good
* Thing be forborne, becaufe of the Abufe thereof.
* Now, the fecond general Ground whereof I am
* to fpeak, concerns the Matter of Grievances;
, ' There are two fpcci'al Caufcs of the People's prc-
' fcnting Grievances to their King in Time of Par-
'liament: FirJI, For that the King cannot at other
* Times be fo welt informed of all the Grievances of
* his People as in Time of Parliament, which is ihe
* Reprefentative Body of the whole Realni. Srcond-
' ^, The Parliament is the high eft Court ' of Juftice,
' and therefore the firteft Place where "divers Na-
* lures of Grievances may have their proper Reme-
* dy, by {he Eftablifliment of good and wholefome
* Ldws. But thoiigh my Speech was before dire^-
* ed to the whole BokJy of Parliament, yet, in this
* Cafe, 1 muft addrcfs my Speech in J^eciai to you of
* ihe Lowei* Houfe. '
* I am now then to recommend unto your Con-
* liderations t!at Matter and Manner of your hand-
* lihg and prefenting of Grievances. As for the
* Manner; tho' I will not deiiy but that ye, repre«
' renting the Body of the People, may, as it were,
* toth appartun* ihd inopportune ; I mean cither in
* PatMament as a Body, m out of Parliameat as pri-
• * ■ ■• yate
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APPENDIX. 17-
* »atc McD, prefent your Grievances unto met yet*"- 7 J"««-l'
* would I have you to ufe this Caution in your Be- , '^°'
* havipur in this Point, which is, that your Griev- umh,
^ ances be not, as it were, greedily Ipught out by
* you, or taken up in the Streets, [as one faid] thcre-
* by to Ihew a Wjllingnefs that you would have a
* Shew made, ttiat there are many Abufes in the
* Government, and many Caufes of Complaint ; but
* that, according tq your firfl Inltitution, ye fhould .
* only meddle with fuch Grievances, as yourfclves
* do know had Need of Reformation, or had Infor-
* mations thereof in your Countries for which you
* ferre, and not fo to multiply them as might make
* it noifed among the People,' that all Things in
^ the Government were amifs and out of Frame ;
*■ For, even at the Beginning of this very' Selfian of '
* Parliament, the general Name of Grievances being
», mentioned among yqu, fuch 9. Conceit came in the
* Heads of m^ny, that you had a Dcfirc to multiply
^ ai)d make a great Mufter of them, as every one ex-
* JiibiCcd what his particular Spleen {tjrrcd him unto.
* Indeed there fell out an Accident updn this Occa-
'■ fion, for which 1 have fteafon to thank you of the
*. Lower Houfe, I mean for your Fire- Work, where-
* in I co^ifefs you did Honour to me, and Right to
' yourfelvfs : For having one Aftcrnooq fouad many
^. Grievances clofely prefentpd in Papers, and Co all
* thruH up in a Sack t<%ether (rather like Pafquils
*, than any lawful Complajnta) for againft your own
* Orders, and divers of them proceeding from grudg-
* ing and murmcring Spirits j you, upon the hear-
*- ing, read two or three of [he firft Lines of divers
* of them, were not content with a public Confcnt
*. to condemn them, and to difcharge any further
\ reading of them, but you alfb made a public Bon-
* fire of ihem : In this, I fay, you fhewed- your Care
* and Jealoufy of my Honour, and I fent you Thanks
*i for :iE by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, a Mem-
< ber of your own Houfe 1 who, by your Appoint-
'■ ment, that fame Night acquainted me with your
\ Prpcee4ing? ; ^n^j byhimalfg, IprpmifedaLthat
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' Time that you IhoutB hear mprc of my Thanks for
* the fame ae the firit Occafion i and now I tell you
'itmyfelf, that you may know how kindly I take
* your dutiful Behaviour in this Cafe ; But.fmce this
* was a good Efte£t of an evil Caufe, I muft notomlt
* alfotoadmoniUi you upon the other Part, to take
* a Courfe amonglt yourfelves, to p'reveot the like
* Accident in all Times hereafter, otherwife the
* Lower Houfe may become a Place for PafquUs j
' arid, at another Time, fuch Grievances may be
* caft in amongft you, as may contain Treafon or
* Scandal againft me, or my Pofterity : Therefore,
* in this Cafe, look over your amient Orders, and fol-
* low them, and fufFer not hereafter any petitions or
* Grievances to be .delivered obfcurcly, or in the
* Datk ; but openly and avowedly in your public'
* Hbufe, and there to be prefented to thaSpeaker.'
' And astothe Matter <^yourGrievances, I w!(h'
* you here now to underftand me rightly : And be-
*<:aufe I fee many writing and noting, I will crave
* your Pardons to hold you a litile longer, by fpeak-
* ing the more diftint^ly, for fear of mift^ing.-
^ F'trJ}^ then, laiUnottofindFauUthatyoitinform'
« vourfdves of the particular jult Grievances of tbo-
* ?raple J nay, I muft tell you, yc can neitherbtf
*-juft nor faithful to me, or to your Countries that
* truft and employ you, if you doit not; for trutf
'Plaints proceed not from the P«rfons employed, bur
*iifrom the Body reprefentod,. which ia the People.
* And it may very well be, that many Dire£)iDns ancF
* Commiffionsjuftly given forth by me, maybcabu-
'fed- in the Execution thereof upon the People;
* and yet I never to receive Information, except if
*- comet by your Means, at fuch a lime as this is, &i
« in the Cafe of Stephen Proiier. But I would wifh'
•-you. to be careful to avoid three Things in the Mat-
* tei" of Grievances.
* Firfi, That you do not meddle with the main
* pMrts of Government J that is my Craft, Va^Mif
*Febrilia Fabric to meddle with that, were to lef-^
*^ine: I uiiDow.anoIclKingrfDFULirty>fixYear<^
' ' - ■ * have
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* have I govcrnsd in Scut/and perfonalljr, and now *"• 7 J*"**
'have I accomplilhed my Appremiccfhip of fcven , ' °^'
' Years here ; and feven Years is a great Time for Mucb,
*a King's Experience in Government : Therefore
* there flinuld not be too many Phormios to tCagh
' Hannibal : I muft not be taught my Office.
* SiCBaiily, I would not haveyou meddle with fuch
* antient Rights of mine as 1 have received from
* my Predeceflbrs, poffeffing them Aiort Majorum'i
' fuch Things I would be forty fhould be accounted
* for Grievances. AH Novelties are dangerous, as well
* in a politic as in- a natural Body : And, therefore,
' I would be loath to be quarrelled in my antient
* Rights ai^ Pofleffions i for that were to judge me
* unworthy of that which oiy Predeceflbrs had, an4
* left me.
* And, lefthf, I pray f ou beware to exhibit kg
* Grievance any thing that is cftablifhcd by a fet-
* tied Law, and whereunto, as you have already
* had X Proof, you Icnow I will never give a plaufible
* Anfwer j for it is ffn undutiful Part in SubjeQs to
•prefs their King, Wherein they know before-hand
* heWill refufi; them. Now, if any Law or Sutute
* be not convenient, let it be amended by Parlia-
' ment ; but, in the mean Time, term it not a Grie-
* Vance ^ for to be grieved with the Law, is to be
* grieved with the King, who is fworn to be the Pa-
*tron and Maintainer thereof. But as ^1 Men are
* Flelh', and may etr in the Execution of Laws ; fo
* inay yc'jui% make a Grievance of any Abufe of
f the Law,, diflingaiSiitig wifely between the Faults
»of tlfe PerfoH, and the Thing itfelf: As for £x-
* ample, CompUiiits may be made unto you of the
' High Comlhiffioners ; if fo be, try die Abufe,
* and fparf riot to complain u^n it ; but fay not there
■ fiiall be ho'Cbrnniifiion, for that were to abridge
* the Powrr tliat is in me ; Aiid f will plainly teU
* you, that fometKing I have with myfclf refolved
*anentthat Point, which t mean ever to keep, ex-
* cept 1 fee Other great Cauf?, which is. That inre-
* gard the ^gh Commiflion is of fo high a Naturci^
* from 'which there is no Ajifpellation to any other
^ Court,
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. An. 7 jamei I. * Court, I have thought good to reftwin it only (q
16119. t ,),e two Archbifliops, where before it was com-
" ' inon amongft a great Part of the Bifliops in Eng-
' < land. This Law I have fet to myfelf, and (here-
' fore you may be aHiired, that I will never find -
' * * Fault with any Man, nor think him the ipore
' puritan that will complain to me out of Parliament,
* as well as In Parliament, of any Error in Execution
' thereof, fo that he proveit ; otherwife it were but
* a Calumny, Only X would be loath that any Man
* fliould grieve at the Commif£on itfelf, as I have
* already faid. Yc Jiave heard, I ?m fure, of Hat
'* Pains I took both in the Caufes of the Admiraltyt
' and of the Prohibiiions : If any Man, therefore,
■ 5 will bring me any jufl Complaints upon any Mat-
^ ters of fo high a Nature as this is, ye may alurc
* yourfiilyes that I will not fpare my Labour in hear~
* ing it. In Faith, you never had a more painful
* King, or that will be readier in his Perfon to dc-
* termine Caufes that arc fit for his Hearing, AqJ
( whenever any of you {hall make Experience of me
^ in this Point, ye may be fure never to want Acce&,
* nor ye fhall never come wrong to mc in or out of
f Parliament.
' And now, to conclude this Purpofe of Grievan-
* ces, 1 have on? general Grievance to commend
< unto you, and that in the Behalf of the Countries
* firom whence ye come : And this is to pray you to
' beware that your Giievances favour not of jparti-
' cular Men's Thoughts, but of the general Griefs
^ rifing out of the Minds of the People, and not out
* of the Humour of the Propounder. And, thercT
. * fore, I would wifli you to take Heed carefully, and
* confider of the Party that propounds the Grievance :
* For ye may^ if ye lilt, eafily difcern whether it be
' hia owi)' Paffion or the People's Grief ^hat ma(:£s
* him to fpeaic ; for many a ^bn will, in your
* Houfe, propound a Grievance put pf his own Hur
* mour, becaufc (perad venture) he accounts highly
* of that Matter ; and yet, the Country that em-
* picys him, may perhaps cither be of a contrary
* Mind, pT, at leaft, Ji.tle care for it : As^ for ^Xt
■ ' ainple^
A P P B N D I X. 21
' ^.mple, I aflure you, I can very welt fmell between^' '-J**"
'a Peciiiun thai moves from a general Grievance. . *' ,
'or fuch a one as comes from the Spleen of Ibmcpar- 'Minfa.
' ticuUr Perfon, either againft Ecclefiaftical Govern-
* raeiit in general, or thu Perfon of any one Noble-
' mJn orCommifEoner in particular.
' And now the third Point remains to be fpoVen
* of, which is the Caufc of uiy Calling of this Parlra-
* ment. And in this I have done but as I ufed to do
* in all my Life ; whi^h is, to leave mine own Errand
'hindmolt.
* It may he you did wonder that I did not fpcak
* unto yoii publicly at the Beginning of this Seffion
'of Parliament, to tell you thcCaufe of your Calling,
•asldid, ifl be lightly remembered, in every Seffion
'■before. But the Truth is, that becaufe I call you
* at this Time for my particular Errand, I thought,
* it fitter to be opened unto ypu by my Trcafurer,
* who is my public and moft principal Officer in
'"Matters ofthac Nature, than thatlfliould do it my-
' felf j for I confefs I am lefs naturally eloquent, and
' hjve' greater Caufe to diflruft mine Elocution ia
* Matters of this Nature, than in any other Thing.
'l have niatle my Trcafurer already to give you
' a very clear and tr^ic Account both of my Having
* and Expences : A Favour, I confefs, that Kings
' do feldoro bcftow upon their Subjedb, in making
* them fa particularly acquainted with their State. If
* 1 had not marc than Caufe, you rpay be fure I
' Woijld be loath to trouble you ; but what he hath
* affirmeJ in this, upon the Honour of a Gentleman,
^fwhom you never had Caufe to diftruft for his Ho-
* neftyj that I do now confirm and avow to be true
■ ' on the Word and Honour of a King ; and therein
* you arc bound to believe me. Duty I may jufily
* claim of you as my Subjcfb j and one of the
* Branches of Duty, which Subjefls owe to their
Sovereign, Is Supply :^ But in what Quantity, and
■ at what Time^ 'ih'ai mull come cf yijur Loves. I
I'k'm'not how ttierifo're to dil'pute of a King's I*ower,
* but to tcfl JQ£i,What I'may juftly crave, and expe£t
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24 APPENDIX
"" ^Jh^' *'' '''^ yourgood Wills. , Iwas ever againft all Ex-
' ^' , • tremes, and in this Cafe I will likcwife wifli you ta
Manh. * avoid them on both Sides ; for if you fail in the
' one,, I might ];iave great Caufe to blame you, as
* Parliament Men, being called by me for my Er-
' rands- And if you fall into the other Extreme, by
* Supply of my Neceffities, without refpedtivc -Care
* to avoid Oppreffion, or Partiality in the Levy, botlt
* I and the Country will have Caufe to blame you.
' . ' ^ When 1 think upon the Compofition of this .
* Body of Parliament, I do well confider that the
» Ui^er Houfe is compofed of the Secular Nobility^
' who are hereditary Lords of Parliattienf ; and of
* Bifhops, that are Live-renter Barons of the fame :
' And therefore, what is given by the Upper Houfe,
* is given only from the true Body of that Houfe, and
* out of their own Purfes that do give it ; whereas
* the Lower Houfe is but the Reprefentative Body.
* of the Commons, and fo what you give, ybu give
* it as well for others as for youifelves ; and thcre«
* fore you have the more ReaJon to efchew both the
'Extremes. On the one Part, you may the more
' eafily be liberal, fmce it comes liot all from your-.
* fclves J and yet. Upon the other Part, if ye give
* more than Is fit for good and loyiiig Subjc^s to
* yield upodfuch neceflary Occafioos, ye abufethc
' King, and hurt the People. Aiid fuch a Gift I
* will never^accept ; for, in fuchiaCafe, you might
* deceive a King, in giving your flattering Confent
* to that which you know might move the People
, ' generally to grudge and murmur at it, and to,
' Ihould the King find himfelf deceived in his Cal-
*cule, and the People likewifc grieved in theif
^Hearts ; the Love and Potlcffion of which, I pro-i
*teft, I did, and ever will, account the greatcA
* earthly Security ("next the Favour of God) to anji
< wife orjEiftKihg. For thq' it was vainly faid bjl
* one of your Houfe, That ye had" need to beware*
* tbdt by" giving me too much, your Throats wer^
' not in Danger of cutting at your coming home j
^yctpiayye afliire yoiwSlvei, Uia('Ift:i)I ever be
APPEND t X. 23
*- loath to fH«fs you to do that which may wrong the An. 7 J*"u>
* People, and make you jufljy to bear the Blame **°9]
* thereof. But that ye may the better be acquainted jj^^
*- with tny Inclination, I will appeal to a Number of
* my Privy Council here prcfcnt, if that, before the
■ Calling of thii Parliament, and when I found
* that the Neceffity of my Eftate required fo great a
*- Supply} disy found me more deJirous to obtain that
S which I was forced to feek, than careful that the
* Pnoplc might yield me ■ Supply in fo great a Mea-
* fure as my Neceffitiea required, without their too
* great Loffr. And you all that are Parliament Men.
* and here prefent of both Houfes, can bear me ^Vlt-
* nefs, if ever I burdened or employed any of yoti
* for any particular Sublidies, or Sums by Nanie>
* Birtfaer than my laying open the particular Nccef;
•-fiiies of my State, or yet if ever I fpake to any
* Privy Counfellor, or any of my learned Counf^
K to labour Voices for me to this End ; I ever de-
< tefted the hunting for Bmendiiala Suffragia. A
* King that will rule and govern juftly^ muQ have
< Regard to Confelence, Honour, and Judgment^
4 in all his greiat A^ons, as yourfelf, Mr. Speaker,
4 remembared the other Day. And therefore ye
* may alTure yourfelves, that I ever limit all tji;
* great Aflions within that Compaf^. But as,
f upon theoneSide,-! do not defireyoufhpuld yield
< to that Extreme, in giving mc more than, as I faid
* form«'ly, upon fuch neccITary Occ;^flo[is, are fit
« for good and loving Subjci5b to yield ; for that
* were to give me a Purfc wrth a Knife : So, on the
< other Side, I hope you will not make vain Prcten-
' CCS of Wants, out of caufeleis Apprehenfions, or
« idle Excu&s, neither doifc your own Humours,
* whea yourfelves are unwillingj by alledging the
* Poverty of the People. For although I will be no
( lefs juft, as a King, to fuch Perfons, than any
< olher, for my Jufticc, with God's Grace, ftiali
^-be alike open to all ; yet, ye muft think, t
< have no Reafon to thank them, or gratify them
* with any Suits or Matters of Grace, when their
* £[nnd Qm)1 c«(Be ia my Way, And yet no Man
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J4 A P P E N D IX,
a. 7 jimei I.' can fay that ever I quarrclcd witb.any Man for rt-*
^°9' * fufing me a Subfidy, if he did it in a moderate
1^^^ ' Falhion, and with good Reafona, For him that
' denies a good Law I will not fpare to quarrel ; but
* for granting or denying Money, it is but an KfFeft
* of Love: And therefore, for the Point of my Ne--
* ceffities, I only defirc that I be not rtfufed in ttjiap
* which of Duty I ought to have. For I know, if
' it were propounded in the general .amongil you^
* whether the King's Wants ought to be relieved or
( not ? there is not one of you that would make
( QuelHpn of it. And dio% in a Sort, this iiiay feeitt
* to be my Particular, yet it cannot be divided fronv
* the general Good of the Commonwealth ; for the
* King, that is Partes Patriay tells you of hi»
*. Wants. Nay, Poiria ipfa by him fpealu unto youv
* For if the King wants, the State wants, and there-*
* fore the ftrengthening of the King is the Preferva-*
■ tion and the Standing of the State : And woe be (a
* him that divides the Weal of the King from Che
* Weal of the Kingdom. And a? that- King is mi-*
* ferable, how rich foever he be, that reigns over a
* poor People, for the Hearts and Riches of the
* People are the King's grcateft Tteafure i fo is tha*
* Kingdom not able to fubfift, bow rich and potent
' * foever the People be, if their King wants Meaov
* to maintain his State ; for the Means of ygur King
* are the Sinews of the Kingdom, both in War anti
* Peace: For in Peace I muH minilVer Juftice unto
* you, and in War I muft defend you by Arms ; but
* neither of thefe can 1 dD without fufiicient Means/
* which mull come from your Aid and Supply. I
' confefs it is far againft my Nature to be t>urdee«
» feme to my People ; for it cannot but grieve me to ■
* crave of others, that was born tp be be^ed t^U. -It
* is true, I crave more than evef King of Engiaud
* did ; but I have far greater and. jiift^ Caufe and
, * Reafon to crave than ever King oE Engbni. had' '
* And though my Treafurer hatb at length declared
\ the Reafons unto you of my N^celTities, and of'a, -
* large Supply that he craved for. the fame, when-*
* in he omitted no ArgumwU that -^io. be u(ed fpr
' that
APPENDIX. 25^
< that Purpofe; yet will I myfelf now flionly «-*»• 7J«=m l
* oiember yOu of fome of the weightieft Reafons that . '^°^' .
* come in my Head, to prove the Equity of my D«- • - m,^^
* mand. ^
* Fir/f, Ye all know that, by the Acceffion of
■ * more Cfowns, which in my Pcrfon I have brought
* unto you, my Charge muft be the greater in all
» Reafon ; for the greater your King be, both in hia
* Dominions and Number of Subjedlc, he cannot but
' be forced thereby to be at the more Charge, and
* it is the mote your Honour To to have it.
* Nexf, That Pofterity and Iflue which it hath
( picafed God to fend me for your Ufe, cannot but
* bring necciTaiily with it a greater Proportion of
* Charge. You all know that the late C^een, of
* famous Memory, notwithltanding her Orbit, had
* much given to her, and more than ever any of hec
* Predcceflbrs had before her.
* Thirdly, The Time of Creation of my Son dotb
* now draw near, which 1 chufe, for the greater Ho-
* nour, to be done in this Time of Parliament. As
* for him I fay no more; the Sight of himfelf hert
■ fpeaks for him.
' FeurthJy, It is true, I have fpent much ; but yet
* If I had fpared any of thofe Things, which caufed
* a great Part of my Expence, I fhould have diflio-
* noured the Kingdom, myfelfj and the late Queen,
* Should I have fpared the Funeral of the late Queen,
* or the Solemnity of mine and my Wife's Entry in-
* to this Kingdom, infome honourable Sort? Or
* fhould I have fpared our Entry into Londeriy or our
* Coronation f And when moft of the Monarchs and
* great Princes in Chriftchdom ftnt their Ambaffa-
* dors to congratulate my coming hither, and fome
* of them came in Perfon, was I not bound, both foe
* my own Honour and the Honour of the Kingdom,
* to give them good Entertainment f But in cafe it
* might be objected by fome, that it is only upon
* Occafions of War that Kings obtain great Supplies
* froni their Subje^: NotwithSanding my intern
* Peace, 1 am yet in a kind of War, which, if it be
* without, the more is youi Safety^ for, as the Trea-
5 furer
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26 . APPENDIX.
■"■ 7 June! I.< furertold you at large, I am now forced, bolh In
1 '^°^' . ' refpeflof Stateand my Pro mi fe, and for the geiie-
Maidi. * "^ Caufe of Religion, to fend a Supply of Forces
* to Cleves \ and how long that Occafion may lall,
* or what greater Supply the Ncccffity of that Errand
■ may draw me unto, no Man can yet tell. Befides
* that, altho' I have put down that Form of Warlike
. * keeping of Benuick, yet are all thofe Commanders
* my PenGoners that were the late Queen's Soldiers.
* And I hope I fuftain a pretty Seminary of Soldiers
* in my Forts within this Kingdom, befides the t^o
■ cautionary Towns in the Low Countries, Flujhing
* and Brill, And as for Inland^ ye all know how
* uncertain my Charges are ever there, that People
* being fo eaCIy ftirredj (partly thro' their Barbarity
* and Want ofCivility, and partly thro' theirCorrup-
* tion m Religion, to break forth in Rebellions. Yc
•know how unlopk'd-for a Rebellion broke forth
* there the laft Year, which could not but put me ti^
* extraordinary Charges. Befides, I do maiiitaii^
* there continually an Army, which is a goodly Se-
*minary of expert and old Soldiers; audldare ne-
*ver fuifer.the fame to be diminilbcd, till this Planta-
* tion take EfFe£t } which, noduubt, is the greatet^
* Mote that ever came in the Rcbeb Eyes. And it
* is to be looked for, that if ever they will be able to
* make any Stir, they will prefs at it by all Means,
* for preventing and difcouraging this Plantation,
* Kow it is true that, befides all thefe honourable
' * and ncceflary Occafiona of my Charge, Ihavc fpent
« much in Liberality : But yet* I hope you will con-
« fider, that what I have given hath been givca
« amongft you ; and fo what comes in from yoo^
( goes out again amongll you. But it may be thought
* that I have given much among Scatfmen ; Indeed^
* if I had not b^en liberal in rewarding fome of my,
* old Servants of that Nation, ye could never havq
* had Reafon to expeft my TJiankfiilnefs towards
* any of you that' are more lately become my Sub-
' jeAs, if 1 had been ingraie to the old : And yet^
* yc will find, that I have dealt twice as muci)
' iinioiigft Englipmtn as I have dope to Scetfmen.
» And
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A P P K N p J X. tf
•And, therefore, he that in your lloure was not An, ^jumIj
* afhamed to affirm, that the Sitver and Gold did (o "'tf' ^
* abound in Edinburgh, was very far miftalcen j but Mi^
< I wifh him no worfe Punifhtnent, ' than that be
' Ihould only live on /iich Profit of the Money there.
* But I hope you will neVer mifliLe me for my Libe«
* rality, fmce lean look very fi;W of you this Day ifi
« the Face, that have not made Suits to mt, at leaft
' for fomething, ciiher of Hortour or Profit. It is
* true, a King's Liberality muft never be dried up
* altogether; for then he can ncfer maintain nor
* oblige hia Servants and well-deferving Subjedb :
< But that Vaflnefs of my Expence is pafi, which
» I ufed the firft two or three Years after my coming
* hither ; And, as I often ufed to fay, that Chrijt'
* mai and Opentidt is ended : For, at my fitft coming
* here, partly Ignorance of this State (which no Man
* can acquire but by Time and Experience ] and
* partly, the Form of my coming being fo honouf-
* able and miraculous, enforced me to extet\d my *
* Liberality fo much the more at the Beginning. Ye
* faw I made Knights then by Hundreds, and Barons
* in grtfat Numbers : But I hope you find I do not
* fo now, nor mind not to do fo hereafter. For, to
' conclude this Point, anent Expences, I hold that
* a King's Expence muft always be honourable,
* though not waftcful, and the Charges of yoUr Kin^
* in maintaining thofe antient honourable Fot-ms of
* Livir^, that the former Kings of England, my Pte-
* deccflors, have done, and his Living to be ruled
* according to the Proportion of his Greatnefs, is as
* well for the Honour of your Kingdom, as of your .
* King. No^ this Cannot be fupptied out of the Aijr
< or Liquid Elements, but muft come from the Peci-
'plc: Ahd for removing of that Diffidence which
* Men nfay haVe, that I mind not to live in any
* wafteful Soft hereafter, will you but Iqok upon ^
< myfcif arid my P&ftericy; and if there Weie no
* more but that, it will teach you, that if I were but
* a natural Man, I muft needs be careful of my Ex-
' pences : For, as to my own Perfon^ I hope none
* that knows me well} Can think me but as little in-
VoL. XXIJh I . ' dinei
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28 A P P E N D I X.
■>• 7 J™" ^- • clincd to any prodigal Humours of unneccflary
* ^' , » Things, as any other rcafonabJe Man of a far
Muifi, ' meaner Eftate. Therefore fince, as I have faid,
•. I cannot be helped but from the People ; I alTure
* m'yfelf, that you will well allow me fuch Meafure
* of Supply, as the People may bear, and fuppotthtqi
* with mnre honourable Means than others have had^
* that, as I may fay without vaunting, hath brought
* you more Honour than ever you had : For I hope "^
* there are no goodSubjefls either within, or out
* of the Parliament Houfe, that would not be con-
* ttnt for fecting ftreight once, and fettling the ho-
« nouiable State of their King, to fparc To much
* every one of them out of their Purfes, which, per-
* adventure, they would in oneNight throw away at
* Dice or Cards, or beftowupona Horfe for their ran-
- * cits, that might break his Neck or his Leg the next
* Morning: Nay, I am fure every good Subject would
* rather chufe to live more fparingly upon his owili
* • than that his King's State fhould be in Want
• For Conchifion then of this Purpofe ; I wilbyou
* now to put a fpeedy End to your Bufinefs. Frce-
* nefs in giving graceth the Gift } Bii dai, ya/ dtt
' * dat; the longer I want Help, the greater will iny ,
* Debt ftiil life ; and fo muft I look for the greater
* Helps : And now I would pray you to turn your
* Eyes with me from home, and look upon foreign'
■ States. Coiifider that the Eyes of all foreign States
* are upon this Affair, and in £xped:ation what the
* Succefs thereof will be ; and, what can they think,,
'if ye depart without relieving me in that Pr oper-
ation that may make me able to maintain my State,
* but that either ye are unwilling to help me, think-
•ing me unworthy thereof, or at leaft, that my State
* is fo defperatc, as it cannot be repaired, and (a thi^t
■ the Parliament paru in Difgrace wiih the King, and
■the King in Diltafte with the Parliament, which
* cannot but weaken my Keput^ition both at home
* and abroad ? For of this you may bi; uiTured, that
* foreign Princes care the more one for anotiier, if
* they may have Reafon to ejfpeiSt that they may be
*' able to do them Good or Harm in Retribution j
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« and yc know, that if a King foil to be contemned *»• ? j^^ *
« with his Neighbours, that cannot but bring an Op- • /' *
* preffion and War by them upon him, and then Uutht
* will it be too late to fupport the King, when fbft
* Cure is almoft derperate. Things, forefceri and
* prevented, are evCr callieft remcJied ; and ihere-
'' fore I would advifc you now fo to fettle your Sod-
* nefs, as ye may not take in Hand fo many Things
* at once, as may both crofs my Errand, and cvery[
* one of them crofs another. Ye remember the >
* French Proverb, ^i trap embrajfe^ rien iflrtint z
* We are not in this Parliament to make our Tefla-
* ment, as if we fhoutd never meet again, and that
« all Tbings that were to be done in any Parliament
* were to be done at this Time : And yet, for filling
* up of your vacant Hours, I will recommend to
* your Confideration fuch Nature of Things as.
* arc to be efpccially thought upon in ih-'fe l"imes.
* Firft, I will begin at God j for the Beginning with
* him makes all other Actions to be blefled ; and
* this I mean by the Caufe of Religion. Next, I
* will fpeak of fomc Things that concern the Com-
*monwea]th. And, ThiriJly, Matters of Pleafure
' and Ornament to the Kingdom.
* As for Religion, we have all great Caufc to take
* Heed unto it ; Papifts are waxed as proud, at this
* Time, as ever they Were, which makes many td
* think they have fomc new Plot in Hand. Andj
* although the poorefl Sort of them be, God be
* thanked, much decreafed, yet doth the greater
* Sort of them daily increafc, efpecially among the
* feminine Sex ; nay, they arc waxed fo proud, thtt
*fomefay no Man'dare prcfent them, nor JudgeS
* meddle with them, they arc fo backed and upbolden
* by divers great Courtiers. It isafurerand better
* Way to remove the Materials of Fire before they
* be kindled, than to quench the Fire when once
* it is kindled.
Nam leuiui lisdil quicquid prai'^^imus ante.
• * I do not mean by this to move you t» make
* ftronger Laws than are already made, but fee thofe
* Laws may be well executed that are in Force ;
la ' other*
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30 APPENDIX.
n. r Jitwi i.t otherwiTe, they cannot but fall into Contempt, and
' °*' , * become rufty. I never found, that Blood and too
M*rth. ■ * much Severity did good in Matters of Religonj
' for, befiJes it bemg a furc Rule in Divini.y, ITiat
' God never loves to plant his Church by Violence-
' and Bloodlhed, natural Reafon may even perfuade
* u^, and daily Experience proves it true. That whetj
* Men are feverely perfecutcd for Religion, the GH-t
* lantnefs o! many Men's Spirits, and the Williilncft
' of their Humours, rather than the JuflneTs of the
* Caufe, makes them to take a Pride boldly to en-
* dure any Torments, or Death itfelf, to gain there-
" by the Reputation of Martyrdom, fjiough but in a
* falfe ^hadow,
* Some Doubts have been conceived anent tbc
* Ufing of the Oath of Allegiance j and that Part-
* of the AQ, which ordains the. taking thereof, is
* thought fo obfcure, (bat no Man can tell vho
* ought to be prcflcd iherewtih. For I myfelf, wbco
* upon aTime I called the Judges before me, at their
* going to their Circuits, I moved this QueAion unto
*them; wherein, as I thought, they could not refo-
* lately anfwer me : And therefore, if there be anv
' Scruple, touching theMInillring of it, Iwould wilb
* it now to be cleared. And fmce I have, with my
* own Pen, brought the Pope's Quarrel upon me, and
' proclaimed public Defiance to Bahjltn tn maintairir
' * ing it ; fhould it now fleep, and fliould I feem, as it
* were, to fleal from it again?
* AsforRecuTants ; let them be all duly prefenteil
< without Exception : For, in Times paft, there bath
* been too great a Connivance and forbearing qf
' * them, efpecially of great Men's Wives, and their
' Kin, and Followers. None ought to be fparcd
* from beirig brought under the Danger of Law, and
* then it is my Part to ufe Mercy, as I think conve-
* nient. To wink at Faults, and not to fuffer them
* to be difcDvered, is no Honour nor Mercy in ^
< King, neither ts he ever thanked for it ; it only ar-
* gues his Dulnefs: But to forgive Faults after they
* are confefTed, or tried, is Mercy. And now, X
* muft turn me in thb Cafe to you, my Lords, the
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A P P E N ,D I X. 31
* BIfhops, and even exhort you carncftly, to be mor^Aa. 7 J^ma I,
*■ careful than you have been, that your Officers ma^ . '^^'
* moie duly prelent Rccufants than heretofore they Mitch.
* have done, without Exception of Perfons ; thai al-
' though it muii be the Woik of God that muft
< make their Minds to be altered ; yet at )ea(}, by
*■ this Courfc, they may be A4ycd from ibcreahiig,
' or inlultlng upon us.
* And that ye all may know the Truth of my Heart
* in thb Cafe, I divide all my Subjects that aie Pa-
*■ pifts into two Ranks : Either old Papifls, that were
* fi> brought up in Times of Popery, like old Queen
* I^ryt PiieJls ; and thole that, though they be
* younger in Years, yet have never drunk in other
■ Milk, but been ftill nulled in that Blindncfsj or
* elfe fuch as do become Apoflates, having once
* beenofourProfeilion, und have forlaken the Truth,
* cither upon Difcontem, or Prai£tice, or elfe upon a
' light vain Humour uf Novdiy, making no more
* Scruple to fi^ek out new Kurms of Religion, than if
* it were but a new Form of Garment, or a new Cut
* or Courtcfy after the Frinch F^fiiion. "! ,
* For the former Sort, I pity them i but if they be
* good and quiet Subjects, I tiate nut their Petfons {
* and, if 1 were a private Man, I could well keep a
* civil Friendlhip and Converfaiion with fome of
* them : But as for thofe Apoflates, who, I know,
* muR be greated Haters of their own Sei^, 1 confela
* I can never fliew any favourable Countenance to-
< wards thctn, and ibey may all of them befure, wlih-
* out Exception, diat they fhall never find anymore
* Favour ol me, further th^n I muft needs, in Juftice,
* afford them. And ihefe would J have the Law to
* ftrike feverelieft upon, and you carefuileft 10 dilco-
» ver. Ye know there hath been grcjt Stir kept for
* begging Concealments ihefe Years paftj and, I
* P''"y y"* '-' ""^ ^^S ^^'^ Concealment, both of
* the Bifhops and Judges, that PapiAs be no longer
* concealed.
* Next, as concerning the Commonwealth-,.! do
' fpecialiy recommend unto you the Framing of fome
^ new Statrjte for Prefervation of Woods. In the
1 3 End
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fc '7 Jimei I.t End of the lad Seflion of Parliament, ye had a Bill
' °^' , ' * amongft you of that Subje^; but becaufe you
jjjj, » found fome Faults therein, you caft out ihe whole
•Bill: But I could have rather' wi (bed, that ye had
* cither mended it, or made a new one $ forlo caft
* out the whole Bill, bccaufc of fome Faults, was
* even as if a Man, that bad a new Garment trooght
* biDi> would chufe rather to go naked, than have
(fais Garment made £t for him : But on myCon-
* fcicnce, I cannot imagine why you (hould fo li^itly
* have eftccmed a Thing fo necefTary for the Com-
•monwcalth, if it were not.outof alittlc Froward-
* nefs amongft you at that Time, that whatt then
* recommended earneftly unto you, it was the vroriR:
* hked of. The Maintenance of Woods is a Thing
* To neceflaty for this Kingdom, as it cannot fland,
* nor be a Kingdom, without it; for it concerns y<Hi
« both in your £Jfe, Ine EJft^ and in Pleafures^
*Your£^i for without it yOu want the Ufe of one
« of the moil neceflary Elements, which is Fire and
*Fewelto drcfs your Meat with ; for neither can
f the People live in thefe cold Countries, if they want
< Fire altogether, nor yet can you drefs your Meat
* without it ; and I think you will ill live, like the
'< Cannibals, upon raw Flefh : For the Education of
* this People is far from that- As to your htnt EJJi ;
* the Decay of Woods will neceflarily bring the De-
' * cay of Shipping, both which is the Security of this
* Kingdom, fincc God hath by Nature madethc Sea
« to be the Wall of this IJland j and the rathernowi
* lince God hath united, it ail in my Perfon and Crown;
«as alfo, by the Decay of Shipping, w"ill youlofc
* both all your foreign Commodities that are fit for
* thia Country, and the venting of our own, whicb
» is the Lofs of Trade, that is a main Pillar of this
* Kingdom. And, as for Pleafurc, ye Icnow my Dc-
'"■ light in Hunting and Hawking, and many oFyour-
*feTves arc of the fame Mind ; and all this muft
* needs decay, by the Decay of Woods : Ye have
< Reafon therefore to provide a good Law upon this
*Subjea,
*Now
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APPENDIX. 3j
* Now as to the i»& Point, cenccming MatteriAa. 7 Jtmtt L
' of Pleafurc, k confifts in the preferving of Game, . '^' .
* srittch is now alnwft utteriy deftroyed through all UMcfa.
* (he Kingdom. And if you ofier - not now a bet*
* ler Lav for this, than was made in the Uft Seflion
* of Padiunent, I will never thank you for it : For,
* as for your Law anent Partridge and Phcafant, you
* have givca L^avc to every Man, bow poor a Far*
*iBer UuteVer hebe, totilce anddeftroy them in his
*Owa Ground how he lills. But, I pray you, hovr
* <aa ibe Game be maintained, if Gentlemen that
'Jiave great Lordfliips fliall breed and preferve them
* there, and fo foon as ever they fluU but fly over the
* Hedge, and light in a poor Fellow's Clofe, they fliall
* all be defiroyed i Surely i know no Remedy for
* prcferviog the Game that breeds in my Grounds,
*. except I caft a Roof over all the Ground, or elfe
, * put Veruels to the Partridges Feet with my Aims
* upon them, as my Hawlcs have ; otherwife I know
'not how they fliall be known to be the King's
';Partridges, when they light in a Farmer's CJofe,
* And, by your Law againft ftealing of Deer or
*Conies) after a long Difcourle and Prohibition of
* fteaiing thetn, you conclude, in the End, with x
* ReftriSion, that all this Piinifliment fliall be un-
' derflood to be ufed ag^nfl them that fteal the Game
* in the Night ; whidi hath much encouraged all the
* loofer Sort of People, diat it is no Fault to fteal
* Deer, fo they do it not like Thieves in the
* Night. As was that Law of the Licedtmamant
* againft Theft, that did not forbid Theft, but only ,
* taught them to do it cunningly, and without Dif-
' covery ; whereupon a foolilh Boy fulFered a Fox
* to gnaw his Heart throu^ his Breaft. And
* this Do&rine is like that LelTon of the Canon
' Law, Si nan ea/ie, tanun tauti. I know you think
* thati fpeak partially in this Cafe, like a Hunter j
* but there is never a-one of you that hears me, that
* care the leaft for the Sport, or for the Prcfervation
' of the Game, but he would be as giad to have a
* Paftj of Venifon, if he might get it, as the beft
I 4 * Hunter
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34 APPENDIX.
LB. 7 jMBM 1. « Hunter would i snd if the Game be not prefervtd
I f'*^' ■ ' yp" *^3n eat no Venifon. As for Partridge and
- MtoJa. ' Phcafant, 1 do not deny that Gentlemen Ihoiild '
' have their Sport, aiid fpccially ypon tbeir own'
* Ground : Bitt, firft, I do not think fuch Game
* and Pleafures (hould be free to bafe People : And, -
* next, J would even wifb that Gentlemen fbould
* ufe it in a Gentleman -I ike Faihion, and not witti
* Netsi, or Guns, or fuch other ungentleman-like'
* Falhisns, that fcrve but for utter Deitrufiion of'
* all Game : Nor yet to kill them at unfeafbnabic '
, * Times, as to kill the Pheafants and Partridges when
* they are no bigger than Mice ; when, as for every '
* one their Hawks kill, ten will bedeflioyed by their '
* Dogs and Horfes Feet ; befides the great and into- '
* Jerable Harm they do to Corn in that Seafon.
* And now, in the End of all this falhious Speech,
* I muft conclude like a Grey Fryar, in fpealcing ibi'-
'* myfelf at hd. At the Beginning of this SelBon of
* Parliament, when the Trcaluier opened my Nc-'
* cedities unto you, then tny Purfe only laboured ;
* but now that Word is (pread both at home and
* abroad of the Deniands I have made unto yoii ; '
* my Reputation laboureth as we)) as my Purfe :
, * For if you part without the repairing of my State
* in fome reafonable Sort, what can thi World
* think, but that the evil Will my Subjefts bear un-
* to me hath bred a Rcfufe i And ye can never part
* fo, without apprehending that I am diftafted with
^ * yout Behaviour, and yet to be in fear of my Dif-
' pleafure ; But I alTure and promiCc myfelf far
* othcrwife.
* Thus I have now performed my Promife, in
* prefenting unto you the Cryftal of your King's*
» Heart.
' Ye know that principally by three Ways ye may
* wrong a Mirrour,
' /jV/?, I pray you, look not upon my Mirrour
* with a falfe Lights which ye do, if ye miltake or
« mifundetDand aiy Speech, and fo alter the Scnfe
( thereof. ....
' • 'Buti
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A P P E N D I X. 3J
* But, ficmdljy I pray you beware to foil it with*"- *« J«nMl.
'afoul Breath and unclean Handi: I mean, that , ' *3' ^ .
* ye pervert not my Words by any corrupt Affec- Much.
* tlons, turning them to an ill Meaning, like one
*.who, when he hears the tolling of a Bell, fiancies
*(o faimfelf that it fpeaks thofe WcH-ds whidi are
* itio&'in his Mind.
' And, lafiiy, which is worll of all, beware to let
* it fall or break, for Glais is brittle ; which jk do,
* if ye lightly efleem it ; and, by contemning it, ' _
' iconform not yourfelves to my PerfuaAons.
f To conclude then : As alt thefe three Days tA
* Jubilee have fallen in the Midft of this Scalbn of
< Penitence, wherein you have prefentcd your Thank*
<iome, and I the like ^ain to you; fo io I with
^and hope that the End of this Parliament will be
* liich, as we may all have Caufe (both [ your
* Head, and ye the Bodyj to join in Euchariflic
** Tfianks and Praifes unto God, for our fo ggod and
*■ happy an End.'
In Vol. VI. at p. 97, Prince Charles'} Speech to
bodi Houfes in the painted Chamber, March ii,-
1623, being given only by Way o( Report, the Ma-
ou&rjpt aforefaid has It at Length, as follows :
Y Lord'-Trealiirer having, by his Majefty'sTbe Priiwe'i
Command, made Relation of the great Ne-^^^^^^j^^
eeffities of his Majefty's Eftate, fome Doubts might 1 1, 1S13,
aiife, what the King's End might be therein, I was
then preTent in the Houfe when this Doubt did arife,
I therefore thought fit to give my Senfe thereof.
The King by this intends you ihall fee, that,
Vpon your Counfcl, he was not able of himrdf, of
bis own Strength, to engage bimfelf into a War :
Thereupon the King commands me to declare (hat
Vnto you, fearing left the fame might alfo rife among
you. And 1 conceive it thus :
His Defire was not that we fhouid confider of
bis Eftate purely; but when we have refolved upon
th« $r(l, then will it appear that ic is no difficult
Miiltct to eCtabiith his own Eftate.
Another
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36 APPENDIX
*"■"'*"*"* Another Doubt there WM ID oif own Riind, thit
^ ' *** . fonoe aoiongftyou might fear, left now, when thefe '
li^, Thing! &cti\d be fettled, dw King would be flower •
in calling you hither aain.
I wiU put you in Mitul of the laft Put of the
Kii^s Speech, That be hopes to be in Love wtlh
Parliaments. But having OccaTion to fend to the
King about other &i(inafs, I find him willing, and
ver^r wilting, to call you often. £ut diis ia of niy '
own Mead.
I detire you now to conlidei how &r this BuGneft
is gone, and that it requires Expeditioa, as the King
my Father dclired it in his laft Speech.
How far forth this Year Is paft, and how fiir you
have cxaTperated ihofe, whom wc conceive may be
QurXnemies; prepare yourfelvesfo, as that we m^
not only ihew our Teeth, but bite alfe if th/xc he
Occafion.
Confider alio how much the King's Honour and
mine is engaged : If you Ifaould fail in this, it would
be difhonourable to yourfelvca, as well as to myfelf.
You fiiall oblige me, who am now firft entering iiito
t^ Woil'd ; when Time fliall ferve hereafter, you
fliall not tbink your Labour ill bellowed.
The following Speech of his Majefty to boda.
Houfes, the a4thof jf/iiy, 1624, fecms to be a fhort
Anfwer to a long Petition of the Conunons toithe
King, printed in diis Work, Vai. VI. p. 322, ife.
-^aintl the Growth of Popery, ift. and therafisn
fiiould fall in about p. 330, iiadem.
Mj Lords, and GatHtmm 4>/ ietb fltufii,
Ta-rfi **T'HOUGH I cannot but commend your
Sp«h 10 hotli* Zeal in oflcFJng this Petition to me, yet, on
Haafci,A£ir«4,(theothcr Side, I cannotbut hold myfelf unforUi-
*^^ <iiatet^tlfliouid bethought to need a Spur to do
*thBt which my Confcience and Duty bio(te me
* unto. What Religion I am of my Books do-dc-
* clare, tny Profeffion and Behaviour do flicw< I
* hope in God I (hall never deferve it 1 and, for my
* Part, I with it might be written in Marble, aM
* KDMUa
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APPENDIX. 37
•-Kniata to all Pofterities as a Mark upon me, when ** •* J""*
* I Dull fwerve from my Religion ; for he that doih . ' ^
* difiemble with God is not to be trufted of Man. Uaj.
* My Lords, I proteft before God, my Heart hath
* Wed vAtea I have heard of the Incrcafe of Popery ;
* God is my Judge, that it hath been fuch a great
* Uficf unto me, that it hath been as I'horns in
' mine Eyes, and Pricks in my Sides : And fo far
* ever have I been, and Qiall be, from turning any
'othw Way.
* And, my Lords and Gentlemen, you all Qail
* be my Confeflbre, that, one Way or other, it hath
* been my Defire to hinder the Growth of Popery ;
* and I could not be an boncft Man if I fliould have
« done otherwifc.
' And this I may fay further, Tliat if I be not a
f Martyr, I am furc I am a Confeflbr s and, in fome
* Sort, I may be called a Martyr, as, in the Scrips
* ture, I/aac was perfecuted t^ Ifimatl by owckii^
* Words i for never King fuffered ntore by iU
* Tongues than I have ddne, and I am fure for no
f Caafe, for I have been far from Perfeciition, for I
* have ever thought that no Way ever more increa-
* fed any Religion than Perfecution, according to
* that Saying Sanguis Martyrum tft Simm Eccltfue.
* Now, my Lords and Gentlemen, for your Pe-
* tition : I will not only grant the Subftancc of what
* you crave, but add fomething of my own { for two
* Treaties being already annulled, as I have declared
* them to be, that neceflarily follows of itfclf which
* you defire i and therefore it needeth no more, but
* that I do declare by Proclamation, which I am '
< ready to do, that the Jefuits and Priefts do depart
* by a Day : But it cannot be as you defire by one
■ Proclamation to be out of all my Dominions ; for
' a Proclamation here extends but to this Kingdom.
* This I will do, and more ; I will command all my
"Judges, when they go their Circuits, to Iceep the ■
* lame Courfe for putting all the Laws in Execution
* ^ainft the Recufants, which they were wont to do
* before thefe Treaties ; for the Laws be ftill in
* Force> and were never difpcnfed by niG> Godis
* my
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APPENDIX.
An. 7 Jimej I.' my Judge, they were never intended fo by me j but .
. '^°^' ' as 1 told you in the Beginning of the Parliament,
2j, * you muft give me Leave, as a good Hgifeaian,
* fometimes to ufe the Reins, and not always to ufe
* the Spur ; fo now there needs nothing but my De-
* daration ; and, for difarming of them,' that is al-
* ready done by the L>aws, and it iball be done as
* you defite it.
* And more ; I will take Order for preventiijg of
■ * this fliameful Diforder of the reforting of my Sub-
* je£ls to all foreign AmhajTadorSs; and of this I will
* advife with my Council how this may beft be per-
' formed. It is true, that the.Houfes of Ambafia-
*.dors arc privileged Places, and though they can-
* not take. them out from their Ho^fes, yet my Lord
* Mayor, and Mr. Recorder of the City of Ltmiattf
* may take them as ihey come from tJience* and
* make fome of them Examples.
.* Another Point I will ,add conccrhing the Edu-
* cation of their Children, of which 1 have had -a
* principal Caie, as my Lord of Canterbury, the Bi-
* fliop of fyinchfjiir, and other Lords of my Coun-
' * cil, and indeed all my Council can bear me Wit-
* neis, with whom 1 have advifed concerning this
* fiufinefs ; for, in good Faith, it is a Shame their
* Children fhould be fo bred up in Madrid^ or in
* Romt : So 1 do grant not only your Defirc, but
* more. I am fo^iy I was not Uie firft Mover of it
* unto you ; but If you had not moved this to me,
* yet I would have done it of myfolf.
* Now for the laft Part of your Petition : You
* have therein given me the befl and wifeft Advice in
* the World ; for it is againft ihc Rule of Wifdom ,
* ihat a King Ihould fuf^ET any of bis Subje^ to be
' beholden, or to depend upon any other than him-
* felf. And what hath any King to do with the Lftwi ^
* and Subje^s of another Kii^dom ? And therefore
* aflure yourfelves, by the Grace of God, I will be
* careful that no fuch Condition be foiHed in or
* upon any other Tjeaty whatfoever; for it is fit
* my Subjects {hould iland or fall to their own
* Lords.'
In
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APPENDIX. 39
In the old Manufcript berore-quoted, we meet An. n June*
with a Petition to -the King, from the Houfe of , '*'**
Commons, complaining much of divers Grievances ^,„
occasioned by Monopolies, ttfc. This Petition is
without Date, fo that we know not the exprcis
Time when it was prcfcnted : But it fcems to b«ve
been prefentcd to the King juft before the Con-
dufion of this Seffion of Parliament, becaufe his
Speech at that Period, b, in fome Meafure, an An-
fwer to it. Vol. VI, p. 337.
Msft Graciaut Sgverei^,
' 'VJIT £ your tnoft loyal and loving SubjeSs theCemrUinti on
' "" Commons, by your Royal Authoriqr af-*"
* fembled out of all the Parts of your Realm of
' * England, in this prefcnt Parliament, as well out of
* Duties and Zeal to your Majefty, as out of the
' Senfe of that juft Grief wherewith your Subjefls
* are generally afflicted, do, in all Humility, pre-
' fent the Complaint of the Commons of your Realm
* againlt thofc Grievances enfuing to your gracious
' View, humbly and inflamly praying due Redrefs
* thereof.
FtSH.
* Whereas upon divers Suggeflions, and to fet
* forward the Plantation in Nnv- England, your
' Majefty did grant your Letters Patent, bearing
■« Date the third of Nevemher, in the 18th Year of
* your Reign, unto Sir Ferdinand Gorges, and other
» Patentees, whereby your Majefty prohibited all
* your Subjefts to vifit the Coaft, without the Li-
* cenfe of the Patentees ; and, by Pretext thereof,
* your Majefty's Subjedls have been interrupied to
* fldi in the main Sea upon the fame Coalts : In
* which Letters Patent it is further contained, That
. * if any <af jaur Subject Jhould offind canlrary ta the
* fame, thej Jhould forfeit thtir Ships and Goods,
'• tf>< one M«iety thereof to your Majefly, and the
« atber Maiety to the Patentees. Now, in refpe£l
* the Trade of Fifliing is a ftioft beneficial Trade
* to this Realm for the Increafe of Shipping, Navi-
* gation, and Mariners, and the bringing in of Bul-
* lion
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40 APPENDIX.
».ai j*itieil.«i;on and Vifluals to a very m^at yiiarly Value
^ ' '^ « and Supply ; and yet the free Exercife thereof it ,
Maj, * reftrained by the faid tetters Patent> contrary to
* Law, and to the gencreal Damage of this Realm i
* and forafmuch as ihe'bid Grievance was complaior
* ed of and examined by and before the CommoiU
* in this prefent Parliament, and the {kid Sir /Vr^
* dinand Gorges, who undertook the Defence thcrc-
* 6f, for himfelf and other the laid Patentees, be-
* ing called hereunto, and at feveral Days deliberated
' and fully heard therein, by himielf and his learned
* Counfel, could not defend the fame; and yetthp
* Premifcs (i), notwithftanding your loving Sub^d^
. • may be hereafter vexed as heretofore Uiey -haTp
' been, by Colour of the faid Patents, fo far as thej
« concern the Prohibition of free Filling, and the
* Incidents thereunto, and the Confi feat ion of Ship^
* and Goods, and all Rellraiots aod Penalties there-
' in contained, concerning free Fifhing, and which
* may hinder the fame, to be utterly void and a^inft
* your Laws, and never hereafter to be put in £zq-
* tion.
Gold W i k e>D r a w e r s.
*Whereas, within the City ol Limdan, there waa
' an anticnt Art and Trade of Gold Wire-Drawing,
* exercifed by divers, being Members of the Coc-
( poration of G(>ldrmiihs of London, whereby thej
* maintained not only themfclves and their Familiea,
* but alfo let many other Pertons on Work, until
* one Matthias Fevile and others (Men nev^ bouiul .
* Apprentices in the faid Trade according to the
* Law) obtained from your Majefty LiCtters Patent*
* bearing Date the i+tn of Jint, in the jift Year<rf
* your Reign } whereby they were incorporated by
* the Names of Gold mrt-Drawtrs of the City of
* Lcndaa, the Governor, the Affiftant, and Commo-
I * nal^, upon Suggeftionthatthey would import from
* foreign Parts, to be converted into current Coin
* of this Kingdom, fo much foreign Gold and Silver
.'Coin
(!) Then Icciim to be looMtUbi «iDtu)| Iter* Ib tbt U S, to ca*f<
APPENDIX.
* Coib 9iii Bullion, aS' Qiould countervail the Bui- An. ■
* lion they Ihould ufe in malting Gold Wire uid
* odier Minufa^res ; and alTa the fatno Gold ^
( Wire flioald be of a fufficient Goodne&, and fold
* at the like or choapcr Ra(es than the fame was
* before the faid new Corporation : And, hj tke
*bid Lettera Patent, the faid Gold Wire-Drawcn,
* antiently brought up to and ufing the faid Trade,
* wttc probibiMd ti> vfe or exarcife the fame any
* Bore. And further, your Mi^cfty, fay the fski
* Letttfn Fafont, at ihe Prayers of die Perfou to
* newly incorporated, did tinpde Sixpence upon
•every Ounce of Gold Wire that ibould be B»de
'•-er MA^ them widrin this R«atm.
• The humble Petition of your Subjefl* is. That
*yot]T MajtAy will be graciouily pleafed to pubJUh
* and declare Ok fame accordingly, and that the
* faid Lctttrs PfKent fiiould never hereafter be put
* in Execution.
CoNCEAtMENTS and DEFECTIVE TiTlES.
• And whereas your Majefly, of your blelled Dif-
* poGtion, talcing Care c^ the Quiet and £afe of
* your Subjefb, who had been intolerably vexed by
* ComptroUeri ot Overfeers of detedive Titles
* under your Great Seal, forbid all Men to propound
* or oiTer to fue for any fuch Lands, for that in your
* Royal Judgment they were Things fit it to be mea-
' lured by the Rules of your Majcfty's own Con-
* fcience ; yet Sir yahn Tewnfiend, Knt. not rcgard-
* ing your Majedy's Royal Commandment, hatb,
* by Colour of his Letters Patent, obtained fince
* your Majelly's faid Prohibition, of fiCtcen Hofpitals
' employed for the Furtherance and Relief gf old,
* poor, and impotent People, and many other Lands
* and Tenements in divers Counties and Parts of
*your Realm, in the Pofleflion of your Subjefts,
* extremely vexed by unjuft Suits in your Majefty'a
* Name ; and otherwifs the Governon and Poor
*of the faid Hofpitals, and .other your Majefty's
* Subje£ts, to their great Charge and Hinderance*
*ftnd almoft Undoing :
•Our
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APPENDIX.
L • Our humble Petition to your Majefty is. That
^ * the faid Letters Patent, for the Caufes aforerai^,
' may be called in, and cancelled; and that the fajd
' Sir Jthn Townjbind, and all claiming under hini,
* may be by your Majefty prohibited to vex or trou-
* bic any of your Majelly's Subjeiis, by Pretext or
* Colour of the fame.
fi It I E F s.
* And whereas Licenfes under the Seal, to galher
* Monies of your Sul;>je3s, to Perfons pretcndii^
" Loflcs by Fire or otherwife^ be againft the Statute
* in that Cafe made and provided, ate grown to fuch
* exceffivc Numbers,- that many Mifchiefe and liw
* conveniences thereupon enfue, in all Parts of yow
•Realm: , ,
* Our Stfit to your Ms^'efty i$, That the Statute
* in that..C;ife mai|e may be obfetved, and that im
* fuch:Ll$«nl«f mvj be hereafter granted.
Apothecaries.
* Whereas the Apothecaries of the City of Lcti'
* de« have been antiently Members of the Compa-
. * ny of Grocers of the fame City ; and whereas tl^
* faid Gi'ocers did, and do, far exceed the Number
* of Apothecaries, and did even buy and fell a)I
* Manner of Drugs as well as Apothecaries, whic^
* Drugs, at feveral Times of the Year, were, by the
« Prehdent and Cenfor of the College of the Phy-
* iicians , fearched and viewed whether the lame
* were ufeful or not ; and whereas as well the faid
* Grocers as others did ufe to dillill all Kinds of
* Waters, a great Part whereof was tranfported be-
* yond the Seas, to your Majefty's great and yearly
* Benefit ; the faid Apothecaries, without Confcnt
* of the faid Grocers, obtained Letters Patent, beai".-
' ing Date the 6rfi of December, in the 1 5th Year of
' your Majefty's Reign, whereby the faid Apothe*
* caries are incorporated and divided from the Com-*
' pany of Grocers ; by Colour of which faid Letters
* Patent, the Apothecaries have appropriated to
' themfelves the whole Buying and Selling of all
■ Drugs, and the whole Diflillatigft and Selling of
* all
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' all Waters within the faid City and ("even Miles *"■
' thereabout; which dividing of the Appthecaries ^^
* from the Grocers without their Confent, and the
' appropriating of the Diftillation of the faid Waters
* unto the Apothecaries, and the fole Selling there-
* of by them, is againft The Law, to the impoverilh-
* ing of many Perfons and their Famiiies.
* Your loyal Suhjefts, therefore, humbly pray
* your Majefty gracioufly to be pkafed to declare the
* faid Letters Patent to be viiid, and that the fanut
* ihall not hereafter be put into Execution.
WiNTERTONN ESS LiCHTS.
' Whereas, by an Aft of Parliament, Power and
' Authority to eredl fieracom, Maries, and Signs for
* the Sea, was given to the Mailer, Wardens, and
' AffiftantS of the Trinily- Heiife, as to Men Ikiil-
' ful and expert in that Behalf; and whereas, at
* the carneft Rcqueft pf the Seafaring Men paffing
* by the Coafts of Norfolk^ they, at their own Cofts
* and Charges, erefled a Sign for the Sea, commonly
,« called a Lrght-Houfe of iit<^ne, at IVmttrtonnefi in
' Norfalk, and agreed to lake, sind did take, but Six-
* pence for every twentietb Chaldron of Coals of '
* Ships paffing ihqt Way, ,
* So it is that Sir yahn Mtidrum^ uppon Silggeflion
* dwt there was Want of a Light-Houfc at ff'intn-
< tonnefs, obtained of yolir Majrily Letters' Patent,
« to ereft a Ligh:-i-ioufe there, which Letteis, be-
* ing made upon that Confidcration, were vojd in
* Law; forlhat there had been a Lighr-Houfo Liiere
« by the Space of half a Year, or thereabouts ; And
« tho* it were tnie, that Sii'^^i^u. Meldrim.^tiiAnAciy
* that he had petnioned lo your Majefty fijr ErcC-
« lion of a-L'ght-Honre, before the faid L^ht-Hou^e
< of Stone was ereiftcd, ytt the faid Letters Pateot ^fe
* void in Law, for that they of the Trlniiy-Hovft^
* havfng Authority as is aforefaid by Aft ol,ft»rli«~
« mcnt, did; before' the faid liatters Parent,. crctSfc a '
* Light-Houfe as is aforefaid'j where tbey of tlw
* Trrniiy did take but Sixpence for e«ry twenty
« Chaldron of Coals, the faid Sir John M}ldrii>^^ by
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44 APPENDIX.
A.. » J.»« I.' Colour of Ihe f«iJ I*™" P»tem, for every twen-
-""•>■ ' ty ChaMion of Co.lj, hath ukeo three Shillinp
^^H.T"^ • iinJ Four-pence, and "111 rot foffir the Sh.iSto
< mike their Eniries, or take Cocquets, before they
• pay thefaid exceffi.e Duty of three Shillings and
• Four-pence, to the intoleiable DamiBe and Loti
• of your Suhjeas, he bath taken after the Rate of
• thtie ShJUnp and Foui-penie of di«en Seafanijg
. Men, that fall not that W.y, nor m the,, Courfc ■
. could take any Benefit of the ft.d Light-Houfe.
. Our humble Petition li. That your MajeHy
. will be pleafed to publilh the faid Letters Patent
• to be void in Law, and to t»nimand that they bo
< no more pu' » Execution.
Sir Slid OS H A E V E V.
. The faid Sit SImm Omi, of bii own AulW-
. rity, made Warr.nu lo divers" Con«ablo of the
. Cfcunty of «<«/<'■' f"' "l<i"8 Malt for your M.-
• iX's Provifton; which, by Colour therrof, vm
.'taken accordingly, and paid notluch P"=es for
. the fame a., if the Taking had been Uwfnl, thoy
■ ioueht to have received.
.&e, in your MajeBy's^aMe, l.kewtfecaure »
■ he taktn of ®vr«rf, a FiQimoneer of Wo, a
. ^„.r4L.i5^o-i Lings for J"' MajeHys Pro^-
.„n, where he ought not to have tjken the f.»ie,
. "^ yet paid not therefore a., .f the Takmg had
* been lawful, to have done.
■ He bath, wittingly and wiUin^y, «»«:<^
' diven Counties, as U^tf.rijb.t,, ^/«> ""Iff*"
.yji^with Carriage, for your M"J=«J. J" "« "^
.ineanyorproportionableCarriagesfotfuchCouo-
. S! as had compounded i whereby your Majeft, a
< Subiefls were grievoufly oppretW.
■ Whereas the Words of Con,po(itK.n and Co-
Corn, fbr Purveyi.nc.of Cbren, tfr. be, Tb^M
^^.mZT.r Mr ?,»,>«, the Under-
. Mr, GUuiifirlbin, Uiuajhtr,, Cb.Jbir^ljrt-
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* delivered good and fervicmble Oxen, CiT^. and fyip-ttjtm»»t.
' allowed by your Majefty's Officer!, and gung to . '^'
* Sir Simon, with a Debenture far Money, wu an- ]^. .
* fwered, Tlut they could nave none j to the ex-
* treme Hinderance of all, and the tetter Undoing of
*fbineof them) whereas, before Sir S/ffwibecatne
* Officer, they were duly paid according to the bid
* Compofition. ^
It hath been tefiified unto u>, that looo /■ will
* not fet your Honourable Houfhold in fo good Cafe
* and Order as it was before he came to intermeddle
* with the fame j for, before his Time, your Ma-
* jefty had ufually in Store 500 Quarters of Whaat,
* 200 Oxen, 2000 Muttons, 5000/. in Hay and.-
* Oats, and other Provifions ; whereas now your
* Majefty hath none, or very little ; for he takea thia
* Courfe, that he fclletb the good and fit Oxen and
* Muttons, and buying Meat from the Butchers,
•many Times your Houlhold hath been very ill
* ferved, 10 the great DiOionour of your Majefly.
* And, to flicw the bad Difpofition of this needy
* Perfon, the faid Sir Simtn Harvey hath, cunningly
* and treachcroudy, cozened and cheated UtkUndj
* one of your Majeltv's Servants, of 530/.
* We your humble Subjcfb that are ever, and.
* fhdl be, feniible both of your Majefty's Honour
* and Profit, thought it our buunden Duties to in-
* form your Majcfty of thefc Particulars, not having
* Time to examine any more, to the End that tlje
*faidSirS/mflB may (to terrify others offending in
* the like ] receive condign Puuifbmem according
' CO the Merit and Juflice of hiff Caufe.
Goals.
* Whereas, by the common Laws and Statutes
•of this Realm, theCuftody, Rule, Keeping, and
' Charge of every of your Majefly's common Goals,
* Prifona, and Prifuners, in every County within this
* your Realm of En^hnd, doth belong to the Shc-
* tiff of the faid County, as incident to his Office }
* and (h^ faid ^berrfF only, and no more, is account-
* able and aafweiabic, is well to your Majcfiy, as
K 2 'to
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In. It Jwm I.* to all and every of your Subjtfls, for all .Prifoncrs .
' *^' , * committed to the raid Goals, and is to pay and
. 4(,y, ' fatisfy all th« Debts and Damages, for which any
■■ ' ■ * Prifoncr is thereunto committed, if he, by in^
* Means, efcape out of the fame; and therefore alt
' Grants of the Cuftbdy 6f fuch Goal* made by your
* Majefty'g Pjcdeceflbrs, Kings or Qi'^^n* "^f ^^i'*
* Realm, have heretofore; in the Tiftic of Ch"^^!*
* Eii^ebethf by thfc Rcfolution of the Juiljcs, btcil
* declared to bt void. ,
' And whereas, alfo, in your Majefly's Cotintiea
■ of York and Lancafitr, and other Counties of this
* Realm, where commoh Goals have not been eredi-
* ed by Statute in other Placet, then your Majefly's
*-CallIes, the common Goals of evtry County
* have been kept in fome of your Majefly's 'own
* Caftles, 6f which CaftleS, as *eli as of the Goals
' therein, the bhtrifFof the faid County for the Time
* being hath had the Cufti^dy un^er your Majcftyj
* 6r your Predeceflbrs , Kings or Queens of this
* Re^m, as belonging to his SherifFwicIc } ,and there-
* fore all Letters Pattnt, and Grants of the Cuflody
* of any common Goal in any County of this Realrti^
' made to other Perfon or Perfons for Life or Years,
* than the SherifFof the fald County, in the Time of
* Htmy Vn. have been declared to be utterly void. .
' Therefore Jour Majeity's moft loyal Subjc<3s of
* your Commons" Ho ufe of Parliament oiofl hiimbly.
' befeech your Majefty, that it would pleale" your
* HighnefSj'out of your Zeal to public Juflice, to re-
* voke and make void all Letters Patent and Graatsi
* of the CuftodyoESfty common Goal, in any Coun-
* ty of this Rei.TO''^made to other Perfon or Perfons
* than the Sheriff of the faid County for the Tims'
* being. ■
* And that, of your Royal Grace, it would like-
* wife pleafe your Majefty, thai the Sheiiffs. of the
* faid Counties of Tork and Laruojler, and of alj other
* Counties where the common Goal of the County
' hath been ufually heretofore, and ftill 43, kept in
,' ' fomc of your Majefly's Caftles in the faid Counties,
* may have the Cuftody of thefe Caftles, as belong-
ing.
A'P P E N'D I X. 47
* ing tQ their pfficc, for the ncceffiry Service of your A"^**!""**!
* Majefty, and |cncral Qood bftheCommonwcaJth. . _ ^ **• .
* for the due keeping of afj Prifoners in the faid Htj.
f Counties.
Sea-Coal 9.
* Whereas it pleafed your Majc|ly, the azd 0ay
' of September, in the 2 ift Year of your happy Reign
* over lis. to giant" unto Sir Roiert Sbarpleigh, Knt.
' and AUxandtT Hetltj, Efq. a Patent of (urveying
'iihips oi Newcajih CoaU, with a fzt of -^d. upon
* the "great Chaldron j apd whereas, likewifc, i^
' pleafed your Majefty, by Sir Jthn Sudtyng, Koi.
' ComptroHer of your Majefty^ Houfhold, apd a
f Member of our Houfe, to intimate unto ys your
* gracious Intention to have the faid Letters Patent
*■ confidered upon by your Privy Council, between
* this and the next SclCon of Parliament, according
' to a Claufe in the faid Letters Patent contained % i
' and diereupon, out of your Princely Care, topro-
* vide ^ainft any Inconvenience that might grow to
'your Subjefls thereby, we your Majefty's molt
* loja\ ^cid dutiful Commons , with all humble
* Thankfulnefs, acknowledging your Majcfty's moft
* Princely Grace and Tuftice, and accounting it a
* fingular Happincfs to live under the Government
*of a King Co juft, io^ ready to hear the Grief
1 and Complaint of hij popr Subjcfls, have n^ver-
* lhele& thought it our Duties, and agreeable to the
* Fundaftiemm Rights and Liberties of Parliament^
' more fully at this Time to make known unto your
\ Majefty the juft Grievance of your People, by
^ and upon Occafion of his Patent, whereof your
* Majefty can no Ways be fo properly, truly, and
* thoroughly informed as your Commons aiTcmbled
* in Parliament.
* May it therefore pleafe your Moft ExceHent
* Majefty, to take Notice that this Patent is not
* only in itfelf unlawful, as being grounded upon
^ many uturui; Suggeftions, and burdenfome unto
^ your People in laying a ne* Charge qpon them
* without common Confent ; but tends alfo to the
K 3 * great
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A P P :E N D IX.
H u great Decay of Ae Navigation oF this fCinedoai,
■ and to the great Dimiaution of a Profit which your
* MajcftyrEceivethupon^/uiffl/^/tfCoaJs; the Trade
* whereof, by 0ccafion of this new Office, hstth
* been, ana is like to be, interrupted; and we do
* plainly find (hat this Patent, in Confequence, is of
* B very dangerous Nature, and reaehetb to the5ub-
' verlion of the Piopcrty, which your SubjeSa, by
* the Laiws of your Kingdom, have, and of Right
* ought to have, in their<:iood$ and Eftates, amouut-
* ing in EffeS, to an Impofition upon a native and
'necelTaiy Commodity to be expended within tbii
* Re.;1m, which your Majclly hath been pleafcd,
* in open Parliament, to difclaim any Right at all
* unto, and gracioufly to proteft, that you did abtwr
* either to exprefs or claim any fuch Power ; it be-
* ing the undoubted Right of your Subjc^, that no
' Burden of this Kind be laid upon tbem without
' their own voluntary Confent in Parliament.
' Wherefore, in all Humblenefs, we do^ upMi .
* this Occafion, prefent unto your facred WifdoO)*
' our mofl Jul): Complaints and Fears } herein) j»a&
* humbly anil Inflantly, bdceching your grafioui
* Goodrefs to fccure the Hearts of your lortng Sub-
' \t6ts againft this and the lilce~in Time to come, by
* being pleafcd to takt fuch a Courfe for the Calling
' in of that Pat^t, as to your Princely WifiJom
* you fiiall think moll fit ; and we xre full ot Hope,
* tba;, out of your further Grace, you will be plea-
* fed to make known to your whole Kingdom, your
^juft Inilignaticn and Difpleafu:,e againft fuch h
* fb^l prefume to offer to your Majefiy aity Suit of
' this Nature.
PopishBooks.
' Thatwhcreas your MoH Excellent Majefty, at
■ the humbl': Petition of your Lords and Ci^mmoas
* in this prtf^nt Parliament alTembled, hath, to the
^ ^r^at Comtortof allyour religious and wefl-afTeiS-
* ed Subjefls, by ypur Prt>clamatian,bani(hed'a]l J<-
'td-t\ and Pricfis out of ihefe your Dominions, at
' a Day certain, not to return under fuch Paint as,
,* by the Law& now in Force, atsjufllytobein^iflcdi
' that.
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APPENDIX. 49
* ^lut, nevenbejefi, ii i* apparent, that the b\d tur- *«■ *» >"'*' '•
* bulent and ill-affeaed Pcrfgiu, the better to infi- . '^
' nuate tbemrclves, and thofe of (bcir FaSion, in j^^. <
* the Favounanil good Opinion of fuch at, of meaner
* Judgment and meaner Capacitica, have of late, *
* inore than heietofore, talten the Boldnefs to di-
(vulge and difperfe fundry PopiQi, fediciouit and
* peftilent Boolu and Pamphlets throughout all the
* Paits of this your Kingdom, vAxreoi thtfiv is x
« Catalogue extant in Print of ijoat the leaft,
* printed aqd publipied here vithin this two or three
* Year*} befides no fmall Number of that Kind daily
* imputed frtim Parts beyond the Seas, and ordi- ,
* narily fold 4nd vended among!) us ) by Meant '
* whereof thoy endeavour nut only to corrupt the
< YouUl of dii) Realnit %o 4eptave and fcandalize
* the true Reli^on b,er« eftablifbed,. and to advance
< Ae Power and Autliority of the See of Rent* { but,
* as nuKli *B '" t^to lieth, to withdraw the HearU
< of your &tthful and loyal Sub}eda (rom their due
< Olicdience to your Roya^Majefty.
*May it therefore ^tite your Majefty, at* Ae '
i bumble Suit of yovr Conunons in this prefent Par*
* liament allemUed, in a Caufe lb highly concern-
* ing the Glory of God, the Prefervatioo of youc
* Majefiy'a Pcrfon, Religion, and Eflate, thu fuch
* Ipeedy Courfe may be taken for the fuppreffing of
*ail fuchfeditious apd Popifh Books andPamphKis*'
'aod fn prevent the printing and importing of any
* (iicti ^, in your Majefly's Royal Judgment, Iball
^ leem moll meet and convenient ; and that the
*. Xavh in Fofcf uaioft the Qfienders may be pvt
B Ul t f>I K.Of .
* Whereas your Majefty^ amoogft many of your
* Royal Favours and Gracious Promifes, bffisrcd'
^yOII^ loyd Subjeds, uponConfideration'of a Pe-
* titiotl of Gjievance prefenled to your Majefty in
* th9 eighth Year of your happy Reign over us, by
* the Commons then afiemblcdin p'E^rltatnent,*^
^plei^iojifainile.tbat fuch Procl4fl;^^O.m «« were
K4 'then .
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50 APPENDIX.
LB. It Jimci I. ( then pall fliouM be reformed, where Clure Ibould
' ^^ ' be found j and that, for the future Tjmcj none
Mi,,., ' lliould be made, but fuch as fliould (land with the
* former Laws and Statutes of this Kingdom, and
J • fuch as, in Cafes of Nectffity, your Royal Pro-
* genitors had uled in Times of the beft and happy
* Goveiiunent of this Realm.
* Neverthelcfs, fome of the faid Proclamations,
* then complained of, ftandinForce, and have, been'
' oftentimes fince (by other Proclamations toucfa-
* jng the faid former Proclamations ) Precedents '
* to warrant the latter ; amopgft which we prefenc '
* to your Princely Wjfdom tlie feveral PrwJama-
* tions concerning Buildings i which is a great Griev- '
' * ance to the Freedom and State of the Suhjefls,
* in that they cannot repair' or amend their Houfcs"
* in Lendimy . or within the Diflance of five Miles '
* of any of the Gates of the faid City, being their '
* inheritance, without the Licoice and Allowance
* of certain of yoiir Majcfty's Commiflioners, lindet'
* Danger of the Cenfure of the Stir -Cham her,' ia .
* appfrarech by divers Proclamations made in that
* Behalf; and, namely, by one dated the 17th'
* Day of Jufy, in the i8di Year of your Majefty'^s*
'ilcign.
t ' And the Grieviince at thli Time Is fo much the
* .greater, by rcafon that the State of the City gene-
* rally is poor, and hath now many Payments to'
* your Majcfty; and this ^reat Reftraim will in a'
*, Ihott Time be a great Caufe of their forther-Im'-
* povetifhiug; and many Men that are able td re*
* pair, and are not able to build, and lome that have
* intended ^o build Part of their Houfcs, have been'
* infotced to pull down the reA, and new-build the
* refl, to their utter Undoing; whereas the fame,
* wj:h fmall Reparations, - would have contini/cd
* oiaqy Years. ,,„;.;'
,' And your SubjeSs further fliew, ThM nimy'
* Carpenters, Phiftcrers, Smilihs, and other >HHtl^-'
* craft Men, are in greatp Difbels for Wanprdf
* Work, and divers qf the faid Workmen -haw* bSSrt"
» taken from their Wwl:,iMiit!oaunitted'to J^iifcfn,'
, : ' and
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APPENDIX. 51
•and fo forced to kayc their Wives and Children*"-** J*""**
* to Parifces} and that thereby the Snbjeiiis are dc- , ^ **"
* barred the Common Law of this Land between j^^
* the Landlord and Tenant^, 'which are now cen-
* fured by the Cummons, who have fct down wh^t
* Charge the Lord and Tenant Ihali be at in build-
* ing and repairing their Houfes.
' We, therefore, your Majefly's bumble Subjedts,'
*ihe Commonii in this Parliament aflembled, do
' humbly defire y6ur Majelty to declare your Royal'
» Pleafuie, that the faid Prsclamations, and Com-'
' miffions thereupon, concerning Buildings and re-'
' pairing of Buildings, be void, and ihatl no farther
* be put in Execution.
Dr. Anion.
' Whereas Complaint hath been made to his Ma-
*^je{ty's Commons, now ailembled in Parliament, >
"« againfl Dr. Anim, Prelident in Corpus ,CbriJii Col-
* lege, inOxferii, offundryMirdemeanorsingovern-
' ing the faid College, and other erroneous and fcan-
* dalous Offences, unworthy of his Degree, Calling,
* andPlacej which, upon Examination before them,
* have appeared, in tne greateft Part, to be true.
* Forafmuch as nothing can be more agreeable to
■ yourMajefty's great Wifilom and Knowledge, than
* to have the particular Care of the Advancement of
* Learning: nor to your Goodnefs, 10 have a fpecial
* Regard of the Government of Youth in your two
* bmous Univerfities, as well for Religion, as for
' other important Employments in the State:
* Your moft dutiful Commons, in all Humble-
* nefs, befeecheth your Moft Excellent Majefty,
* that fbmc Cotlrfe may be taken, according to your
* Princely Juftice and Wifdom, for removing the
* faid Dr. Jnim from the Place of Prcfident in tha(
•Collie.
Court tf Wards.
* Whereas your Majefly, the i ith of ^^eembtr,
* 1618, by your CommiUion under liic Great Seal,
■ with inftruiftions and Direfiions to the Mafter and
' Council of the Court of Wards and Liveries, of
I yojir
5« A P P E N r X,
A».t,%Jimmid yoQi Royal su)d fpccialCare'for the Good of your
'^'*' , * Subje^, and the true anTwering of yourReveouei
j^.^ < concerning Wards of Idiota and Lunatidc!*, efia-
* blUhed divers Orders, by Advice of your principal '
* Judges and Counlel oftbefaid Court; fo it is that',
* the Ea^ of MidtiUfix, late Mafler of the Wards
* and Liveries, procured the faid good Orders, In-
* ftrudiona, and Directions to be revolted, and
* othen, in lieu tbeieof, to be made and publilhed,
* concerning many inconvenint Claufes, tending to
* the Dimiuution of your M^%'« Rovenues, and
* laifiDg a great Increafe of Fee» and other Cliarges'
•oftheSubgefl.
*■ Out humble Suit to youi Majefty is,' That you,
* of your Grace and Goodncfs, will be pleafed, fur
* the better anfWering of your faid Bevenuci and the
* good Eafe of your SubjeSs, to revoke your faid
'late InRrufiions, and tore-eftablifb. or regulate
* thfe &>rmer, as in yout Princely Wifijp^i you fliall
* tiavk fit.'
At p. 336, Vol. VI. of this Work, the Speaker's,
Sir Titmat Crnv, Speech on prefenting the Bills ic^
the King, at the Clofc of the Selfion of Parliarnent^
Jlma2iyiie, I. is only abridged ; the Manufcript
before quoted has it at Length, as alfo the Lord-
Keeper's Speech in Anfwer to it j both whict we
here ^ve from that Authority, And, firft,
Tht Speaker's Speech, May 39, 1624.*
Aft/I Graciaus Severtig^f
* T* H E great and mighty God, who is the ^ftha
JJ^-^Tfr^) ■* and Omega, the Beginning and' the End n^
Sfccth. *11 Things, hath, by his good Providence, brought
1 his hopeful Entry into this Parliament' to an ha^j^y
Period and Conciufion, and hath manifetled to th^
Chriflian World a blelTed Unity and Conjunciiqii,
between the Head and the Membeis in. one Heart."
' In the buildingof the Temple theis w^ n9tiar\
Hammer heard, but all was fmooihed, and wrouftlit,
and prepared by the cunning Hand, of the Work-i
men btfoie they weic laid,
•Godl
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APPENDIX. 53
« God, the Author of Peace and Concord, who*"- **J'"^ *•
nukes Choice of a Houfe in the Mind, hath fo uoi- . '^ .
ted the Hearts of both Houfes in one Defire and utj.
CorKfpondency, that in dw great and nretghty Ba-
fiucCi, wherein, your Majelly was pleafed to difcem
~W)d ^ their Advice, they have all concurred with-
out a negative Voice ; and your Grace and Goodncfs
hath Bremen forth like Light, that have been plea£Ed
to follow and approve the fame, imitating the Pre-
cept of the wife F^ing, Prov, xv, 22. ffiifMut Ctun-
Jd Purp»fet are Mfaffiintid \ but in tht Atubitude af
CvafilUri ihtj art tftMifi>td.
* in the Interim ai our Debates of that.ioiportant
. Subjed, we negle&ed no Time, but hulbandcd it in
penning and paffingof Bills, and efpedally thofethat
concern the publtc Good, and will remain to Po>
fterity it a Memorial of the Honour of your Time,
and the Weal of your People.
* It is the higheft Pitch of a true Monarchy, and
greatell of Height of your outward Happinels, that
you i^tfiilly reign Mtd nile alone, and yet that your
Commonwealth, is lb compounded by the found
I<2W8 of the fane, dut your People have their Voice
uid Sufirage in making and altering of Laws, n^ich
arc the Sinews of your Government that holds the
Body tc^edwr { and their equal Comptificion and
impartial Execution if a prindpal Means, under
God, to lecuiv your Rojal Perfon, and to fupport
the State.
'It is the Natural^ Man to he in Lore with
its own Child ; and by this Patbamerttary Way, the
Peopk are left without Excufe, and have their
Mouths clofed up, who elfe might take QccafiMi
not to be fo well fatlsfied.
* The Bulk of thefe' Petitions, as fome of them
hWK proceeded from your own Grace, fo now all of
tbem return to your gracious Acceptation.;
* But thefe Petitions, be they never fo fitly fra-
med, or judiciouflydigefted j yet, for the Fart, they
are but as Speculations (yea, that I may ufe the
Fhrafe of mint:0\TnProfeffion]as Infante in Vtitiri
fa Mort^ of whom it may be truly faid. That the
Chadrco
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A P P B N D t X.
Hl-C)}lldivn arecometothcBirtb, but have noStr^ngth
, to be delivered, till your Majefly breathes Life tifto,
thetn i yea, they are but as Shadows till the Royal,
AHent make them a Body,
* In the rjinking of thefc Bills, the fiift Place is.
ailigncd to that which lirlV paft, luid is to prevent.
^{19 reprefs Diforders in that Day which God hath.
fet apart foi his own Service and Worftip; a Javf.
Principium. OcherSj to punifh and red refs profane
Curfing and Swearing, and the loathfosie Sin of.
Dronkennefs. Anot^r, An Explanation of the
Statute of the third Year of your Majefty's happy
^eign, to difable Leafes of your own two Parts of-
convi^ed Rccufants Lands, made to the Benefit of-
the Recufant> contrary to the true Intent of the for-
mer Law, and to revcfl the Intereft to your Ma-
jefty, the radie^ to reduce them to Confijrmity and;
Obeiiience, that hav$ be^o long tick of a fpiritual
Drunkennelj'
^ Oiher Bilfs of Grace defiiending from your own
(joodncf^, t^a| have been gracioully pleafed, as it
were, to let fall fome Lpavea from, the Flowers of
your Crown, for the Eafe and Benefit of your People,
and yet the Flower continues frcOi and t^tire.
' One or other hath moved from the Goodncfs of
pur ho^ul Prince, ■ to clear Doubts that might ariG:
Vpon his Highi^&'s t^afes of the PofTcffions of the
puchy tfi Cornwall \^nAy aod to ratify the fame the
more to encour^e his Tenants to build. .
* Anothei;, the Continuance and eflsblifhing of
divers Laws ufeful, that were but Probations *tiA
Repeals of divers more, that were as'.- finaics for
greedy Informers to work upon. - ^
< Others are new Remedies for fiich Mirchic& as,
Time hath difcovered to need Redrefs. ■.<•'•
' Thefc public Bills are accompanied with ^oniq,
private ones, as Colleges, Hofpitals, ^nstuealizii^
your ^ubjefts and Servants, the public Bi]i9«xpb£t-
jng the joyful Voice, Lt Rty li vtuii ; ' the privaK
Bills- attending. Sail fait c»me u dtjk:<> ■- '-■•''
'Neither let it fecm ftrange "to your M»jcft;i,
that in ft Commonwealth To wtUcoi>)p4an^ed,.thct;e
, ', ' is.
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A P P: E N D I X.
isyetfomeExplanationofLaws, Altcratitvi offbnie^As. i
Malta Diet viriufqui Lahtr mutaiUit qui vitulit in
miiius.
■ * And the Memory ftill lives of your funous Pro-'
genitor King Edwardthc Firft, who, after his Con-
quefl of (fiiUi, in his ParJiament, faith of the Laws
and Cuftoms of that .Country, ^a/dem, i$c, Sta-l
blUty only altnds the ittttr Lift, but ia oil idrl^j_
^ingt there is a Mutatian ana Change.
' And as in the firft Motion of the Heavens theri
dajly anfe new Afpe£ts and Conjunctions that alter
Oie inferior Planets i fo, in Kingdoms and Comnion-
wealths, nevi^ Inconveniences are difcerned, and might'
be dangerous if that they be not prevented.
* And as new Difeales in the Body require new;
Medicinc&i fo new Dife^es in the &ate iauft be cu-
red by the Remedy of good Laws.
* Yea, in the Commonwealth at'Jfiael, which
were God's People, and he gave them the Law, the
Doubts arifing were cleared from God*s o*n Moutfa
b/ Mifes; asthatforthePunifliment oftheBlarphe-
ner, the gathering of Sticks on the Sabbath Day, and
aelike.
* And noW( dear and dread Sovereign, we the
Knights, Citizens, and Burgetles, of the Comdions
HouTe of Parliament,, with bended Knees of our
Hearts, do render all polSble Thjyiks to God, and
to your Majefly his Lieuienant, for the Bleffingc we
enjoy in the Continuance of the Word and Gofpel
amongfl us, and our Confcrvatiou in true Religion :
And it IS our exceeding Comfort that no Jealouly
nor Mifiaking hath bred any Rupture or Dillraflioii
kmongft us, nor given Caufc to tell any Thing in
(j(j(i&, or in the Tents of Afcaltn, vihereby the Phir^
hjlines of Ram may rejoice, or the uncircumcifed
Priefts of Baal triumph ; but that the true Believers
at home, and our Neighbours and Confederates
abroaJj» may rejaice and ling a new Song of Joy, in
jfeeing this happy Turn to the Affairs of Chriften^'
^om, fioce our hopeful Prince'i Return, God having
wrought Light out of that Darkncfs. // ii the Lpr^s
■,Dei/>gf and ill it be tnarvelleus in fur Eyet>
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S6 APPENDIX.
■ An. a* Jmal. ' But thkl wc might be Co happy to fee the Kiflg'-
,- ■****■ , i6m quiet, and thofe Loculb the Jefuils and Semi-
1^^, nary PriefU, that are Enemies to Mamrchies, and
' wait fiw Ort^ortuijity to do Mifchief, whofe chief
Point of Learning confilRs in Flattery, and dividing
' tit Unity ; and if this City that is your Royal Cham-
ber, and other P^iU of your Domintom were clear
fwept, and thefe BtAykntfi) Achatu taken out of the
Tenn, your Pcrfon and State would be mote fecure,"
and Peace would be upon the Ifratl of God, and
your Subjc£b, laying afide di Ti-ijiibus^ ml^t be
more chearfully fent home, with that good Father
St. Hillary in dieir Hearts.
* Wc do further acknowledge, with all Humble-
nefs anS ThankfuJnefs, your Majefty's great Favour
to us, in the Enjoyment of our antient Privil^es,
(ree^peech, and Freedom from Arrelb and T,rou>
bles.
* And that your Majefty bath beert gracioufly plea-
ftd, at our humble Suit, to giVe often Acccfji to your
Royal Ferfon ; and by your own Mouth made fo
clear an Expreffion, of a benign Interpretation of
our Proceeding . .
* And we further do moft fawnbly acIenowleJgB
Tour gracious Favour, that hive, according to the
Latitude and Bounty of your Royal Heart, and fuit-
able to your own Greatnefa and Goodnefs, inlarged
your general free Pardon beyond all Times, whereby
to fome, who were dead by the Julllce of the Law»
a new Charter of Life and Mercy isfealed ; to others
(hat be outlawed, and forfated their G^wds, a Refti-
tution of Grace IS granted, old Debts difcharged,
and the Scor« and Reckonings dearedf cancelled,
Wardlhips enfuing, and not fuing of Liveries, and
Autrilrmajnt freed, Ahd generally to all Relaxation
from many Pains and Penalties, to which, by Er-
rors and Negligence, they were fallen.
* And here, we the Knights, Citizens, and Bur*
^clTes, .of the Commons Houfe of Parliament, do, iH
all Humblcnefs, prefcnt to your Majefly a free Gifl
of three entire Sublidies and three entire Fifteenths,
ciaiUcd by the Temporality, and a Coniirmation of
Sub-
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Stibftdiea granted by the Clergy, vrfuch, we have gi- *"■ *'
ven with Ahcrity to thofc Enai to which your M*- ^_
jefty Hrft propounded ; and I hope God will direft
your Majefty to make your Sword your Shriefe to put
your Son-in-Law in Polleffion of hia atuient Patri-
mony, or to make Execution by way of ff^tbtrnmt
of another as v^uable. God ia on our Side in s
good Caufc, FriiMgit tt attaUil vtrei in MiUtt Caufs,
' I am out of my Element, but the Zeal and AC-
fe^ion to the Honour of my Sovereign, and SuppwC
of a Branch of [he Royal Blood, tranfporti me, and
will excufe me ; which Points of Supply no fooner
came in Propofirion, but pafled, not one diflcnting.
Hiiari Afami, crltri Manu ; and, I nay fay, pkia
Manu, confidering thefpeedy Payment in this Time
of Decay of Trading, and the Difvalue of the Royal
Engli^ Silver Mine of Wools.
' Accept, in feme Sort, dear Sovereign, this Pre-
fent for the prefcnt, as a Pledge of our unfeigned
and Loyal Duties, and a Teftimony, as welt of the
profefled Service of our Bodies, as of the entire Sub-
jefiion of our Hearts.
* And now that your MajeRy hath given a liber^
and large Pardon to all your People, ^ive me
Leave to intercft myfelf therein, and, with bended
Knees, to fall down at the Foot of your J'ayour for
a particular Pardon, and (quUtas tft) that may co-
ver and quit my Errors and Defers-; fince, by the
free Choice of the Houfc, and your -Majefty's Ap-
probation, I underwent this Charge.
* And that whatfoever, by my InfuiEciency and
Inabilities, hath given Difadvantage tqyeur Service,
may, by your Goodnefs, be forgotten ; and the '
faithful £ndcavours of your humble Subje£t receive
. a gracious Acceptation.
Tbi Lord-Keeper's Anfumr^ May 29, 1624.
Mr. Spiaktr^
'. • T Am no way prepared to give Anfwer to your-f^g i,otdKeer-
X speech, nor endeavour I to do the fame ; but, m ttfihm.
becauTc fome Philofopben fay, that a Viol well tu-
ned,
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58 - A P- P E.,N. a I. X.
a. 3» Jincil-ned, huiging\upoii the Walls, and a Man touching
'* '4? another, he (hail hear that which hangeth upon a
■ y_^ Wall witt give Aflent to the fame Harmony} fo I
can but fay fomethlng to eveiy of them, aiid give
Aflent to that fwcet Harmony of yours. You have
fpoken of Unanimity, of the King's Grace in alking
your Advice, and following of it ; of the Suffrages
of the People in making of Laws ; of his Majefty's
Royal Aflent ; of Swearing ; of tlie Sabbath and
Drunkennefs,' cfpecially in fuch Time of Grace;
and fo particularly you have returned Thanks to his
Majefly for free A^rccfs, and of the targe Pardon,.and
of Priefts and JefuJts } of the Subfidies, and of the
Palatinate ; and of your own Behaviour to thele
Particulars, that his Majefly hath not anfwcred, I
will touch in a Word.
* For the Unanimity of both Houfes, it muft be
attributed folely to the Goodncfs of Almighty God,
that Work of the Holy Ghoft, who wa» the Author
of that Unanimity ; for God die Holy Ghoft, .much
about this Time, fell amongft the Apolltes in onq
Place aflembled, jf^s i. 2. that they were alt of one'
.Mind and of one Aflent; So where there is thisUna-
'nimicy, there is the Holy GhoU, who is the Author
of it.
* Secaadfyj In afking your Advice and following of
it, you attribute It to the Goodiiefs of the K'ng ; and
it cannot be denied, for he hath go»c beyond alt Pr e-
ccdents.
' Thirdly^ Touching the SufTrages of the People
in making pf Laws, it is convenient, yea, it makes
the People, as St. Paul faith» tp be without Excufe;
' for of the Law it is faid to be a common Copfent and
a Covenant: For when God delivered the Law»
by Aiefes to his People, he takes thtir Confcnt,
Ex. xxiv. 3. whaifcever the Lord faid to them they
gave Approbation to it.
« FiKTihtj, For the Royal Aflent, it is a Tiling fo
prpper to Law-making and giving, that the Scepter
IS joined 10 the Law-giver : Vou may remcmbei thq
Promifc of the Meflias, Gtn. xli. 10. ^Thet the SeMi'tr
' Jhall- not itpart jrem Judah, nor |<i ht/W-givrr frtfn
tttuirm
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hitwtr»bit Put. Indeed it is beS for the People, Aa. u JmnU
ihst ihii Royal Aflcnt is in his Majefly, and not to *V** :.
thetnfelvw; for many Times il falls out with the " ^"^L '
Aflent of Kings a it doth with God; for Atmt^ty
Oodnuny Times doth notETuit th<Jc Petition* w«
dorik.
* Now, God and the King, doth imitate the Phy->
fidan and a Cingj they will not g^ve ihu whU^
they deSre, becaufe that they know how to fit their
Patients and Subjedi with better Thii^ tbaa tbejf
do defire.
< J will pat you in Mind of two Precedents out of
the Buck of God, in my own Prpleffionj the firft is
in I Kingly ii. lo. There j$ a Precedent of Berfif
ha putting up a Petitionto King Stltmon for Jdmijab^
and {hedeTired that the King would not dpny herj
he bids her, JJk M, my M*totr^ fir /will apt/aj tbtt
Mj, yet he denied her Pcliiioni and though it was
denied, yet flK had her Intention, forit >v>sonly to
give Contentment to AdMijab, The Iccond is out of
ll^e New Tcftament, 2 Ctr. xii. 7. where St. Paul
iaith. That a Prick of the FIe& was a Hindrance
to him in the Performance of good Things | nofT
he putt up his Petition to God, to remove toiq from
£im that was fuch an Hindrance unto him. Kow
this was a public Bill for himfelf and othen by bis
PrayiF) now God refufeth this his Petition) and
gives him a better Gitt; for the Lord gives hint
Gracek And (0 it &ies with Kings in giving of their
Royal Aflentf for many Times they do rejed font*
. of their Petiiions; but yef, in other Things, gives '
' them a hr more liberal AJTtpt than they did defin
by their Petitions.
• Fi/ilJf, For tbofe Bills of Grace; they arefe,
becaufe it comes from the Grtfe of his Majeftyi
and they do flow from his Royalty. As for the Bill
ot Grace for the Prince who i^ Grace itfclf, and muft
be full of Goodnefst if that be be the Son oT fuch ft
gracious Father.
* Sixthly, Thanks to his Majefty; fi-fi. For the
Privilege to yourHoufes. S««5/v, Yoo.gi« Thanks
Vot-XXilL . U for
., Google
,«o A "P P E N b I X '
Afc« jMBMLfbrfuchfrce Accers tohisMajcfty : ThefewewWH ■
\, '.**'" . out Precedents }' for, indeed, tbofc Kings tbat hav«
^ Mif) ' not fuch large Endowments, ate not fo c^y to havr
Accds unto.
* But we may fay of His Majefly as one faid of his
Son, that as often as he did fee him be did admJrs
htm* and ble& God (or him.
* Stvaitbljt For the Proclamation" againft the
Priefts and Jefilits, we have juft Caufe tori?* God
and the King Thanks for it. It is your Care that
be in Places and OfEce, to look to the Execution of
the fame, and that it be not (aid of us at it, was faiA
of Rtmtj That although they be ttanilhed out of the
Commonweattb, yet they will be lurking up xtid
down in Corners} therefore they are to be found oat
byyou, and to be puni(hcd<
For the Subfidics tendered to his MajeSjr, you
are therein to give me leave to tell you a Ihort Sto-
tyi Whcn(<i} had paid a great Sub-
fidy to AuguftuSf .and in Acceptation be fent bun a
Letter, and nothing writ therein but this, Mthi aim,
there was nothing to him.
And altbo' there is no Part of it which retunw
to fail pnvate Gain, yet his Majefly thanks you for
X^ this Care that you have for the Honour of Reli^oo*
and the Honour of his Kinzdom, and for the
regaining of his Son- in Law's Inheritance; and for
the Palatinate, his Majefly will omit no Way fdr
the regaining of it.
' Now, for your own excufing of yourfelf ; you
have done nothing in this Seffioo to be accufed for,
and his Majefty thinks that the general Pardon, beiDg
fo large, will ferve the Turn j thenyou ncad ao pai-
vcular Favour.
Wk/.-.o,*.
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APPENDIX. 6i
TVmi a Ctil'tffimrf' Sptrehstttc, in ibtj mud t6Ht Aa.it ramala
tammumcated 6j tht Rt%i. Dr. Zuhu; Grejr, . '^ '
R^fltr of A'mpthill, in Bedfwdflure. Prtiww,
T^i Jldanufcript, apparmtif in tb* timd •/ tbrfi
Timet, the DoSer eatli Captxm Wingate's Mann-
fcript, andcenteiiu elltb* Speecbet, Ctnftnmat A*-
twien tke tuit Haufit, iic. &c. u/bici bepptntd n
/i6(ry> la/i twie Yian af King Jama tht Fxrfi^ mm-
nj tf vihith art already phntid in tin Jixth Vtiamg •
tf thii Wirkt What art tmUtd art ai/olitw{a}:
£/r Thomas CrbWs Spibch tt ihtKing im Par'
Hament^ tn hit htttig ejeiied Speaiireftbt Heuji »f
Ctmmoatt Feb. 21, 1623. Omitted in thii IVtrit
Vol. VI. p. io> viitb tht Lfrd-Kttptr't Jn/wtr, .
M^ Gracitut Stvtrtign,
* npHE Knights, CitiMns, and Burgeffeai yoiK-The S|Mtu*4
' * Majefty's obedient and loyal Subjects, - the ***"•
* reprefentative Body of your Gorhmons, according
* to their antittnt Privileges, and your molt gracious
* Direfiions^ haVe chofeti a Spc^er; and, amongft -
** V> niatiy Cedars of their Lebaain^ have Io<Aei
* (fownupon me alow Shrub, and not able to Ulte . .
* upon me the Weight of lucb Service.
* r deliredtherh'to take into their ConfideratioiH
* my We&knefs aiid Dirabilitts, bclf Iciiown \iato
* iDylelf, and -not known to thim; and that t iniKht
* beeXcdfett; ^ic'h I, did not do to decline puMiC
* Duties, but bikt of a true Infight of my Own lafaB.-
* ciency, which being not granted by them, I fauoi-
* Uy appeal'unto your hi^ Throne, deftring your
* Majelly to f^are me, and to command them to pro*
* ceod- toil new ahd better Ele^on.'
The LORD'ICEEPKa's Al^sWXR.
Afr. Speaitr, .
* 1__|IS Majefty obferves that inyou Which Gsr- Thelori K««fi
* M- X gias did in Plate, ^ad in Oraitribut irri- "'* ■*■■*■» .
* drndie^ fe jnenfiraial Oratertnti In fpeaking againfl
La • Oratom
(^)By MiaakcchcfcSpeaclm, Ifit. ice latf placed'; th«f Oioiild
Jure bten" put 'ifcer fCinj yama'i long Speech to hii Pjitliment,
»Alarcbti,t6o^ and bcTon the Piiacc'i Speech U> bolhHorii^
Mvcttt, t£i],Mp. ]g«( this ApftwIiXf
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APPEND I X.
' Oratora he (hewed himfelf the greateft Orator.
* Even lb it fatci with youih this Appeal to his Mtf
* jcSjr, dtfuii<iend» afceitdts. Your tailing down in
« your own Conceit, hath laifed you higher in all
* other Men's Opinions, By cxcufin^ yourfclf, you
* do' Oww, that there is nothing in you to be tf-Otr
■* iid. His Majrfty doth not only approve, but c&m-
' < mend the Judgment of the Knights, Citieent, and
< ^urgefles, in their Choice, ^ad Mxfmjimm-
* fiu fit. For an Omen and good Luck to all their .
* future Proceedings, hadi crowned that firft Wm^
* of ^eirs with the old Psrliamentaiy Stylcj Lt SUj
■* it vtuU, ixivit f-trbum tx art RigU\ hit Majefly
* approves (he Choice.'
71* Printit Letter u tht Earl ^ BvLtsroLjrmr
tit Sta Siiit, at ht tamfrm Spsin. Withmt Datr.
Brifltly
* XT OU know what I toM jou : I feared vlwnl
* I came away that the tnnnta might go into a
*'* * Monaftcry, after fhe wm contradad, by virtue eif
* t Dilpenfation granted from Aim; and fo tlK
* lylarriage mijfht be broken^ and the King, my Fa- -
■ dier and all the World, might condemn me u a
* rafb-hcaded young ¥oc^ not tg bare preventwl it:
* And therefore do not difpolc of mv Prpxy until
* you bear more from me; for fuchaMtxiafteryB:^
* rob me of myWifCf So not doubting yoii will
« obfervc parttCKjvl; t)ui, I leare you.'
Vf COKFEXXNCE btfWtin tht HfOMBIl mtdtjOWVtL
flpt]9E o/Parliamekt, at WbitdialU fV
2^ (/March, i6ai. (OvittadiBthit W«rk»
Vol. VI. p. 75.)
Tht LoxD-KiLrsK>
GtHtUmttt,
n wwH«» * \7 OU that are the Kni^, Cittaem, an^Bur^
k«*Kii tlic FM X gefles now affembled, being the H9t4le at
""^ CenowiB, the Lotdi hare sppointcil a* u (Via
a tktft
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A P F B tl B i ±. «j
At* Canferflhoe, and ta ■oqualnt the Honfe oTAa tt^isik
Comnioiii of their ett'Cfcainingill-Thiiiglwitlrifcir ^.-,*^'-^
m4 iifloerre Corrt(pondeiKy with fpecial Porim'. Vtiitk,
* The_;f^ i«ft Siippleincnt CO the Narration whiCH
dwPrinct'fHighnefs and die Duke of Buetingba^t
Guce have made to both theHoufn in this ASemilf.
* The /tttnd u theOprnkin oJ the Lordi. For tbtf
ttippletnatic ; that b ihrecfr>ld. tfi. The treiting' of
<b«Miuch-. Thcl^ ii the Reftitudon ofthePahtf«
tate. Andthr ^d eontdins m hetviMl Adofthtf
KafJutioir of the Prince, which their Lordfiiip*
Atfu^ it fUtifig to conraiunicate unto ymi, and tfjr
yoa, aAer«'«rd>,'toaHtheSah}eas of the Kingdonb
The lyJii the SuppJemertt of the Marriage * no
MOM b«t this, That th£^ very firft Motfon nude b^
•be IMk «f Litma to the liord of Bnjhfy Ato; Jj
fAl4t nine Yean b^;ocie,
tifyi TbeReftitntioiiof AePihtini'et thatyot
MOnerbW remeniber, that hi> Mstjeffy, oar' Mafter,
At-r^upmanomireof an Afli^anee lo-affift thd
ArflHWi if Treaties eorid not prevad. Now, it ap»
fUxi te ttK Lords that this AiEihnceof Anw, vthkA
1*tt proirtifed by thti King t^Spain to the Lord of
Mrifftif hath not been perfonned.
* Ttie 3^, conducing toibcHonottr of the Prince')
Hi^nels, and the Comfort of this Kingdom, is this
'Match. About Jnfy hift, bis Kij^neTs being in
^aitif there wu a Rumour fpread abroad in the
Country, that his Highnefs and the Z^uke's Grace
ftould have aw Intent to'fteal away : And'tbv' this
was bat an imiginaty Thing, they did provide t*
InRrc^ Itii Pa&gri and with Reblutkm, if tiKf
were tmefrupted, they would lEdeprhem as Pnfbnert;
at hia Hlghnefs was iofernied. Mis HigfanvTi brnu-
iRg of Ais, fent the Duke of BiiaiingBam to the
Cunmincv with this Rcfohition, Thai though they
M fteai thither out of their own Country, thv wai
with Love i but they would notfleal from ihence
wirh'Fcar.
* This, « r conmve you think ir, was done with
••preacRefcluluMit but k -isnotbii^Go that whiob
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A P P ^ N © I X
His Highnefi thinking on tbi> OccaTioiH h«
gaxe.Commandmencto Grjujuj . tka< beChouldfiiy
nothing s but if he heard that he was ftayedj theq
|ie iboald declare this Mellkge to hn Father, That
))e ihoukj never think of his EUghncfs ai his $011, btic .
to bend all hie Afic^ions upon bir Sifter* tfi; An)
tbcje be the three ^up|4ecKius.
» Now, the Lords oif the Ppper Hout, thejr do
takeinto thei,r Con&deration \vhat bi^ Majeny hatt
commanded them ; ^nd coplidej'ing lik«wire of that
Narration ma4e to both the H<)ufe< by the Prince's
Highnefs and the^Du^ of BtfcHtfgham'i Gracei^and
flj{|b«f thofcLeFtcr* 'hatwqre fcad, vod Toof thofc
Supplements, they have rcfolyed, an^ be of Opi-
nion, (fuptrtttam JUatiritm) tippfi t^c Carriage of
the whole Burinefs, That his Majc6y caq. 116 kjfigef
remain upon any of the , Treaties, npitbei of dif
^rriage, twr of the Reftitution of. the Palatinate,
W4th any Cpnvenienq',. either far the Sa^y of.Rfr<^
ligion, or with any Safety .of his Hqiiouri or.>wi^
my Safety of tijvtiwn EQite, or with aiiyS^cty of
bis Grand- Children. .^ow*.his. MajeSy: awl . thf
Prince's Higbnels do refolve to ki'ow,. whether yoa
Gentlemen, Knights, am) Burgcflea do cqoctK. witb
Iheir Lordfbips in this J^a^cU.'
. , Thi .Ltri Poke.
* The Kntghti, Citizens, and.Bui^elles, .being
^e,Lower Houfc of Parliameor, have given me
. Commandment to declare unto your Lordfiups fheii
JMinHs: That they- have confidcred of thele great
MKters, and they have deliberately confulted, and
with'on'e Mind'agreeijl, That both thore Treaties of
tiieMatchiand of the Palatiflate, Ihould be utterly
and abfolutely put by. Hereunto my Lords were
led >by .a Ruk of the Book o£ JW^j, that we
(hould attend upon you at this Time, and that k
Ihonld follow with that Council to confider, confult,
ijind.then giye Counfeli fo that, piy Lords, my Patf
isrer/Uioit: For your Lordfbips have concludcdi to
■V • ■ ' ' out
...CooqIc
A P :P END I X. ; <]?
Qur exceeding' Jo^ and great Comfort, that d)tftM>*> J***
Treaties cuultl not be concluded with Safety of Re- . • '"r*" '
ligion, 9nd with Safetv of the King's own Perlei), k|yck.
or of bis PoRerity : Help n|e if I minake.
( My Lordi, You have prevented lu, tml thatifr
" ry largely, for we muft walk upon the f<ime Ground
' ind Foundation : And, my Lords, I {hould maJce
W bumble Narration to your LatHhips^ for th«
whole Houfe of pAiliioient, that you would be
^afed to join with min Supplication to hisMajefiy,
that be would be pleafed, at hii good Leifure and
^ue Time, (but o^r Sliit is, that it would be with
^1 Speed) to give bis Royal Determination and Re^
folution to break off, and utterly to diflblve, tbel«
Treaties, wbicb we hear to^ be fo dangerous to the
JGog, State, and Children, and efpectally to Religionj
and, if it picafe his Majefty, when he is rcfoTved*
Itfaat he would make Declaration of it, fo th^t if
Vould put Alacrity into the Hearts of all ^u^ Sub-
ie^s, and fo put a Wing to thoTe good Works of
Parliament: And, my Lords, 1 had almoft fwgot it,
diat this will not only b« a fingular Comfwt and
Content to tbe Subjc^ of Enghndt but to alt hit
. SubjcSs abroad, and Well-Wifbcrs to Siea.
Tbt Archbishop of CAOTBaiORY.
* I have Command front the Lords, ' upon tbi^
Return of this your Anfwer, that we fliould all give
.Thanks to Almighty God for thii clear MaJtifiAa^ -
tionof Truths; and, in the next Place, wc are to ao*
knowledge our Humblenefs to the King, that be is
picafcd to proceed fo far as to afk the Advice of
, i>otb the Houfcs of Parliametit joined together. Now,
in the next Place, we are to give Tbai^ks for the
Ule that ie to be made of it: And here I mitft ob-
serve, that as Springs come from one Head, though
Wf are many, yet we are but as two Eyes and two
Hands <^ the fame Body under the fame Head, to
fee that which Ihall be for the public Good ; and,
that it may be for the Glory of God, and for ibi;
Prerervation oS true Rel gion, and the Safety of
^f.M^cBy. a^d of thia bleflcd Friiice^ -and the
L ^ ^onout
■ ', ,. ._.... CooqIc
6$^ APPENDIX.
fc" 3*y tJloiiour of the King, and Uw wWe Pct^Ic At
n ^"" l" ^ yOu have tiuiTcd thiit, fo may 1 pronounce that the
'■mb. I^nls will not go on with CcJdnefi, but With Ala-
tirity and Boldo^ : and as for the ReadiAefl Of (b«
txinls in.this BuGnef», 1 am commanded u ^w
^Ou iow far they proceeded.
f They ha.ve chofcn Comm'ttees^ AaA tbey art tn
Kutnber twenty- four, that they might meet wid)
^e^mmittees of your Huulc; and that fpecdily
they might meet together, andtltdown ccrtua Rea*
foni, that you and we have rc&lvtd i^ton.
* That his Majelty m^y receive that as our Opi-
flioni, and fee the Grounds of it, and that it taigbt
have the more Satisra£tion to his M^efty Ind td '
Chiifiian Kingdoms abroad; and, as foon^ mAT
be, that fomc of your Houfe may meet with ihew
twenty-four Lordi, and may Join together and go
on with fioldntfs : And when thefe Reafons it
^eed upon, that (hen thc^ that be your Committee^
and oui Committees may declare ibem to bis Ma-
No more Anecdotet haVe occurred to tlie Comp{-
I«rs of this Hiftory than what are .included in the
^dy of it, from the Pate of the laft to the Year .
16401 at which Time ih« Sttti were preparing a
great Army to invade Mwgkn^. That thia Invanoa
wai firit promoted by the Sigiifi Maiecon tents, is
morechan hinted at in this Hiftory, VoL VIll. p.
^89 and 90, But whit will put that Matter^ito '
out of Difpute, are ihc following Letters^ theOriah-
nals of which arc now in the Haqds of a Rig^t
Honourable Perfun, who was pleared to favour hs
with Copies of them. We flul) give no other la-
trod^i^ion to them, but leave them, with their fe-
veral ladotfemeats, to the Reader's tudgmeat. ' And
4 LlTIK^tt
u....;..c;ooqIc
APPENDIX. ey
y LliriKAL Copt ff tkt Lttt/rfrmi Scotlind, U**- »« *:•«■ »•
whab Lerd Snm\e'i Ltilef, vntb tht/tvtit L^df ^^ *
^amtt, wes «• Jnfttitr, Jone,
The Original is indorfed, Ai) Zfrif LouJon's £<r^
M /JrrfSavile, June aj, 1640, »» S./' A. Jjhn-
fton'B Haad-^rimg^ afterwards LwrJ fysrifitM^
• Vl" D. hii Or. {a) by Warnnd of Ae beft * i^t* ft«i
XVL and prymeft to defirc you moft fcrifjufly foi^^*^
to deal with our Frieqdi, in all Eatnefinefs, astbcy
dcCre this great Buitnefs to prolper for (heir and
our Dclivcrancel^i that they would, now >t the laft,
^d out the Ways of giving ua full Afliirance oi
thdr Concurrence with us in tbeir Perfons^ Means^
apd Credit. For feeing our Afniy, as we irtift,
about 25,000 Men, Horlc and Foot (if not looro
as we have appointed and exp«^ hut counts tbs
|eaft) has now their Rendezvous at LtUb, this Wedc
and the Beginning of the next, whereof Tome Ri gi* -
ments in Fifi are come this Pay, and the Weft
ftegtments will be hereonT'Wy^ii)'} and tbat* be>
fore the lolh of July, we will be all lying at the
Borders, ready- to march in one fix Hours Advlr-
tifmcni: And feeing t he beft National Heads amongft
us, in na.ural Perfop and Wif^om, will be qucftioii-
ing both the Warrant and Call of our Voyage, and
Panger. and Sequels thereof, except firft, by one
^tid Way ot other, we be cleared of our Fricodt
Approbation of that our Courfe, and CiHicurrence
Vithustnit; Therefore ye muA, above all, deal
^ith them, as they love iheir and our common Saft*
tf and Deliverance, now when it isfo near and eafy, **
by their AlTurancf; before, and Concurrence aftcc
our Entry, that they would, aguinft that Titn^
of our lying down on the Borders, (befides the R«-
ktiont made by bare Words, unknown Papers, '
common Carriera aud Scrvanu, whereupon we are
come lb far, but daVe not hazard the Flower of our
Nation
{■) K. S>. mft W • C^bn Ai ;bg Wtitff, tad Qr, mt& fipiit
..C'.oogic
6« A P P E. N D J 3f.
1. iG'Or.liNaFion thereupon) farthcrto sifliiie us of their ^;»-
1 ' *^' i probitioii and Concurrence, cither by Subfcriptioni
I«M. - ^f Come principal Pecfons feht to us, or by fome emi-
nent Perfoti or Pcrfons, (whom we might tnift fctf
the reft) that joining With us (albeit It were but one)
their (ingle Peribns immediately before our, Entiy,
or by their lifing in one or fundry Bodies amongft
themfelves, or hy Tending to ui, near the Borders,
fome prefent Supply of Money, or clrtr Evidences,
where we ftiall 6nd it ready near hand, tnat' we might
pay for our Entertainment in the Paflage; or by
any other folid^nd certain Way of Eng^^ement and
Auiirance; which we do not prefume to prefoib*
in the particular (but above all recommend it in the
cener^) that ^eir <Jrant of it (in any Way thai
Would fatisfy themfetves, if they were in obr Cafe
and we in theirs) mayforther confirm ourConfcience
of our Calls being from God for their Deli^rance
j|S for our own, and ftrengthen our -Hands againft
the Apprehenfioiis of Danger from the invironin^
Forces of a whole forraine potent Nation, If they
concurred unanimoufly againll us, as Invaders oif
them in a hoftiicWay: Whereas the Lord knows
our Intentions ^nd Actions (hati be for them as for
our own Souls. Befides thi', there ftems' to be i
Keceffity of ourmeeting on the Borders, before our
Entry, with fome eminent judicious Pcrfons, th^
having advifed now, they may rcfolve then, (if wb
thinlc it necefTary, as we apprehend, butconclude no-
thing) that as In the Year i ^ 8 j, (befides that at the
'Reformation) there was a League intended between
Queen Eiixabith zni King James VI. and the two
■Dominions againft the Council of Trent, and their
bloody Band ; fa there may be fome League and
Band drawn- up; wherein, as we may profefs our
-fincereRcfolutlom for them' as for burfelves, fo as
-we go peaceably, without wronging anyj thro* the
Country, all Favourers of the Proteftant Religion
and Liberties of the Kingdom may fubfcrihe as a
Mark of_ Diftinflion from our common Foes the
Piipift Prelates and their Adherents ; fome Band of
thii Kind foi rnfuntaiaing the Proteflant Religic^
- A P P JB N D r X. 69
»nd the tem;ii Churchei and Liberiht ^f the twp^f- »* Cw- ^
I^gdtxtM, for having the fame Fiiends and Foe» . ^'*°' ,
ia.tfai> CyuTe, foi rnxking no Peice without fettling jaw.
bodi ChurclKsatid Kingdomi, and for mutual Con- ^'
cuTFCnce with others againfl our common Adver-
6ries, PapUb and'Prelatei) in that Caufc, and tq .
that End.
* Wetake not on ui to prefcribe the Way tg be
taken after our Entry, no more nor the particular
Way. of their AlTurance - before pur Enttv : but as
an AflUriincec^ ua before our Entry, and band of
Poi)}un^an after our Entry, b neceHary for the
Safety and Surety of both Nations in one another;
fo we Icaveto their WiMoip, to confider this or any
other Mean God Ihal) direct them to think moft
conducible to his great Work on Earth ip Hand :
For, bcfida diat, we (hall have re^dy, by the Grace
pf Godf our Declaration of our innncent hitcn-
tion and CaJri^ fo fully, clearly, and brutherly,
(upon tbe Grounds ye fent down) as ihall ^e great
Satisfa^ion to them all. Biit it is Timeturetuiif
toour AlTurance before-hand, whereumo we fufpe^
^e greateft Impediment to be the Hazard of their
zevca'inglt. ByG^d's AfEftance, weare resolved or
ja.fol]d VVay of Secrefy in the Particulars which will
be intnifted to a very few mod fure Pcrfons, (albeit,
by generals, we would be the niore enabled to en-
tourage the Army, that wiUrcly much on their Con-
. iidenceiri Tome few) as knowing our own and the
Caufe's Prejudice, in the Difcovcry, and the Danger
.of our Friends; and on the other Part, feeing we muft
then be lying on the Borders, ready to march in on
.that AlTurance before it can be diTcovered, and tft
concur with them and they with us, before they cu^
■be endanj^ered: They will be in no mure Hazard,
by affiiring us immediateiv bef>:>re our Entry, than
tbey will be bydcclaring themfelves for usafter'our
£ntry, according to their Refolutions and Promifci;
,for, by the Lord's AlHftance, we Ihall follow hard,
and hinder the King's Forces from harming them.
And as^ this farther AfTurance is no Ptcju^ce to
Ihemj (whom, no Doubtj when alt is done, the,
King
L\...,.,CioogIc
70, A P P E N Df r. ».
U. ifi c>r. L King 2nd their Adverfarie*- fofpea to Im6w *NH
^.-' ^ -i ' *"'"'g'* already, but for Jeu of Twhulu diftuii
b^^ from meddling with themj To it will be a grbv Eti"
couragement toujof GoJ'i Call for theii Dtfliven'
ancet as well as for our own : W« Cannot think
that they who refolve to ware their Lives and Eftani
with us in this common Caufe of Religlod will b«
flack to give ut their Por« i^uriince thertof, by all
polBbie and probable Meant, the Negled of fcefc-
ing it, u it would be a Token of out Inaonfiderat6-
oefs in fo weighty and («) « Pa<&gB; fO thew
fliiftingorrefufing would be prebend e4, by &aie«
as a Ground of Jealoufy, left (hey fiuled ut in oat
greatell encompaffing Scraita: God is ow Wiiaeft
we defire and intend their Deliverant:C as our owm
It were a pitiful Cafe that both fliouldfaM for Want
of Afliirance and Correrpondcncoi when Matters arc
brought to fo great a ttcigbt, and our Armies lying
on tbe Borders, the fole and principal Means, in
any Probability, either of God's Way or Man's
Way to cffeSuate both ; but weOuftlhey will find
out ibe Ways, in tbeir Wifdoms, to ^ve lis Satis>
fiifiion herein, as by God's AlHAuKe, we intend^
■ad fluU endeavour, In alt our Ways, to ^ve dicm
jiill .Content, as in dwStgbtof God, to whoftgrcat
Time and Work wcare fubfervienc in thia Bufineft
for biaSon, and againft the Man of Sin; bywhat^
ever Way, either of Writ or trufty MeiTengers, they
r^olvfl to afliire us befoic the lOth of ynif, on itht
^Borders, before our Entry, they wouM eundefcend,
as far as is poSible, what Force will be againft u*,
ybat People will be neutr^ what Pcrfons will con*
fur with us, and bolb what Forces, and with wint
.^Ififtance of Horfc and Foot, and with what M»-
ppy or Munition, in What Places, (^verslly or M^
pthcr) in what Times, attd by what Ways, what
(guides they would fend us } what Marks to diAiti-
^iQi Papifts and Proteftajiti, Friends and Foes, to
whom we fhall eive Sutetus for our Entertainment,
. wben we want Moncyi (as we {faall offer and pm
.fv«ry wbeK> but to Prdates and Papifts) and all
fuck
(«] Olliter*t«t is tlie Oripaal,
?
P E N D I X. .71
^h Othqr PattKidan tbey kaow we ftand in NmiI^Aii. i* Cm> L
n be infonned of de»?ly. I refiimod all our /ormer . '^_i
(4tteni> And b^ve wri'ten this by Warrant of our jmn.
fiueft and f^nteft Heids> wbillc, above all, I recom-
qtead to your fpecial Care and Truft, ai ihc very
I^ingB lUw McF^ of our fiufinefi. Ye know my
Hand and ibe SuWcription of your owd» wbillc jre
H^ take fiw more nor hik own.
NATHAKAEL BLACK (<}.
Tbe fottowing Letter was indorfed, Ctpj tf L»rd
Savilc'i LttttTy ivitb thtjivm Ltrdl Nami^ vis.
Bedford, Efiex, Brooke, Warwick, Say ait4 Sek,
Mandeville, titJ Savile, put U it bj Ltrd Savile and
Henry Darlcf , Bf^; and afltr tui tut, and re/fared
tt ttury Malt hiiNamiy ty Sir Archibald Johnfton.
mi Ltlttr it ii iiietf wai writtmin Yorklhire, if
Henry Darley, wh« hrwgbt Sir Archibald John-
fton'i Ltttw frtm Ltrd Loudori t» Savile a«i tbt
«th*r Ltrdty ta tobicb it it an Anjiop; eviJatlfy
viritt4H u m EngliOiman, ttjinn tit Dangtr rf
(^rrtfitmdttut with tbt Scota; bat tbtrr it nt Su-
ftrftripiitm m (/. Darley, it fttmt^finaaud thaX%
btvuvtTf bi wtM Ptji vntb it intttfii im Savilc*)
Ltitir tt tbt Scots n tbt Btrdtrt.
S I Ry
* Ik Ccording tB our Premtfe unto you, we haveTbi M^mi •
£\ ferioufty pcrufed, and well weighed, theCpn-'**
-tents of that I^er which you did deliver bnlo u<*
and have thought fit to return unto you our Apprf-
faenfions of it, and our Anfwer unto it, and thu in
'fofew Words as the Greatticfs of tbeOccafion wilt
permit us to do. ,
* Aaifjfr^, we find the Defires'of the Authors of
diat'licttrr to be, that Aeir Eiiilijb Friends kfrt
ihould give them fboae folid Afiuraocef > before their '
coming'
.^(«}AftJtiMdNuicweftpr«fc.-~~Kaw thuCkuaAn el Uti
iMiib, u ID Incendiuj kcnieM tbt two Kiofdami >t ifaii Time,
-■^iiwith faitCoDJua ooljr twoVnit ifbtr, we (;uM ilMyMi
^n.;ir JchnBoon^iei'tLrtUr, T«1.ZI. p. 174, Ih^
L\'_...,C".ooglc
7« A P P E N D I 3?;
°* i64«"*** ':o«''ng'nto^'?ffW, that they cottie by theii Irf*
- ^ ',- viutions and Approbations ; wnich^ in our Opimony
Jaak would much wrong both our Caufes; for it la publifli-
ed thruugi) all England, that their coming into Bng'
land is neceflitaied by thofe crafty wicked Counfel-
]ors neur the King, who,on purpofe to divert tbb
Quarrel orReligion, and to make it a national Quar-
rel, have made the King to beficge them* by Laitd
and Sea, taken iheir Ships, dcftroyed their Trade^
undone their Fortunes, and ail to draw a War upon
our Kingdom i upon which Ground we meanto-
make it ^ Part of our Rcmonftiaace to the King,' xs
an inr<ji>portable Grievance to our whole Nation ;
uhicbPzrt isabfolutely taken away from us, lii^ej
come HI by the Perfualion of a ditcooteoted Fa^ion,
(as they will call us here) and not by any Keceffity
the King laid upon them to occafion their coming,
' Seteadlyt They delire not only our Invitatioa*
but our perfonal ConjunSion with Hprfe and' Foot*'
snd Men and Money, and Credit, and (be particiU
lar Nanie£,andTimeS} and Places, and all by Cove-
nant, before they enter. We know tbcy underftand
it very well, that, if Necelfity bring them in, their
£ntry muft be juft ; for that cannot break any Law,
whidi is fubje£t to no Law, as NeceAi^ it not; but
if we call them in without abfolute Neceffity com'- '
pelling us thereunto of a juft Entry, we IbaU make
It an unjuftifiable one on our Part, as being abfblute
Treafon, by our Law of fn^/anj, to be of'Cduncil
to the bringing in of any foreign forces, to adhere
tinto them, to fupply them with Money, in the very
Words of the A^ of Parliament to rcfolvc what fhalt
' be Treafon in King Eduiard the I'hird'i Days, as
h is printed in our Books. . , ,
* Now, wcdurltlc.toui!'' Friends in the iVorri judge
If We can juftify it io our God, for the Hope of ne-
ver fogood Succefs> formoft of the greateft Perfbnr
]n the Kingdom of £(i2^n<:f to begin with undeniaUe
T'cafon, by their own Laws guilty, ind well known
by them all to be To. Khath been the Happincfsof
the Sctiijb Nation, that, in alt their Turmoilesa
(iboughifl Appearance fonlj yet they have never donfr
«y
• L\ _:..,C".00,qlc
APPENDIX. 73
iny Afl, but wlut they will juftify by the Funda-*". 16 c«.r.
tacnui Law* of their own Nation, unto which only . '**°' .
diey arefilbjca. This weaffureyou hath procured ' j.;^
fbetnmaoy Friends, and much Honour >nd Glory
Abroad ; and we are confident that tbey would not
have us, in our Cafe, lefs fenfible of our Honour
mnd Piety, than tbey themfelves, v\m have fo often
avowed this in their public Writs and public SpeedKs
to the King. It is not Scciirity only that we cxpeflfrom
die King, but from our own Confciences, and a good •
Oodj who, otherwife, will bejuftly offended with
uSf and give us up unto our Enemies Hands; but if
the ^£#/j come in their own juft Rights, ai neceffi-
tated untoit, without any fuch Contra£t and Afiii- '''
nan from us, we are refolved to do more and more
efie^ally for obtaining their and our honeft Ends,
In a fair^ juft, and noble Way, than cither they can '
cxped or defire itl this' that is propounded. But it
confifb of fo oiiany Particulars, as it cannot well M
be now recited ; nor is it yet fafi: nor {it for them to
know, for it is impolEble to keep fuch Secrets long
oMcealed in any Army. Here is Viot much Truft
required neitber that they put in us j for Policy of
State will tell them it is better to make the Scat of
"War in another's Country, radKr than, to feat it in
their own. Befides, what Caufe hath this Nation
iveo them, fincc^ihis Difference, to doubt of their
'idelity unto themf
' .^'K^y The greateft Band, the common Intereft
■U one} Rel^oo and Liberty, and to make our abu-
fed King more great in Goodnefs, than they have
.made him unh^py in 111. In the Parliament what
might we not have obtained for ourfelves if we would . ,
have joined to ruin themj but we forefaw our' own
muft follow prefendy : And Cnce the Parliament,
-what Kingdom hath ever fbewed more Stoutnefs a-
gaihft the Importunities of the King than this hath
done in all his Demands of Men, Monies, Ships,
lx)^j)S> Soldiers, or any thing tbkt might cnablehim
to bring an Army againftthem; which appears by
the great Violence that hath been ufed to guhec
Fwcei, and the poor Companies which arc not yet
■ laiicdi
f;
7+ 'APPENDIX;
*u, li Cir. I. How many of (he grea eft Hculcsor EiigidnJhim
I**"! gotten his Majcfty'sirrcconciIcabkDifpIeafurti^iift
. . them, or their uiii>c£ted ASeHiona to th,em, who
fboul dfaoii fiad it-wereihsy under ajull Cenfurc^f
the Law. To what End was all this, 1 pny yout thtt
if, when our Dehverancea drew nigh, wa flwuiii fo»*
tike them in tbe|r grcaleft encompoffing Stniti f Ji
not ttut Deliverance more pieciow, Stat h beg«l
snd continued without ths Breach of one Fusdtr
mental Law, rather than tbat which » compaficd by
Ihc Subversion of the greateft of all! Qr tnay nota
Prince be as ealily won to do hi* Sul^«& Right by a
juft Expoftulaiion of hi« Nobility apd Siibje^ to an
.opgonuae Se^fon^ aa well a* in an unlawfiil Om- '
vcation, if they receive the (uft* Fruit twi Affiftance
by it? In Conclulion we fliall certainly appcvr (if
they will believe fo^ jufl to them, juft t* Gti, juA
lo tbe ^Dgf ju& to our&lvet, to our itdigioa* Li-
bertiet, .^ Recording to that irrefronbU PoAtiM
of tbat noble Exaqiplc, wiibom th« TraR&icCaa*
cither of the Lawa oJF God or Man. This wc
ditought fit to acquaint you wilhall, and leave it to ' .
your Difcrelioa and Fidettty to dilpoft of it Mjwi
flttU fee CauTi^ and iball ever refi.
Tai^ rtfftaivt f^itiUt{»)f
J Lettss bnatimg tbt ScoTi ttetmt i»U
England in i^o.
, .T»tbt Jtigik HtMMtaUt John -■^ -■— ■.>, (mt nt)
f Ltttcr of In-
Right HfMvtiUtt
br A, * U ^^ <nu^ more (ab it wvcfiir me to faaTe
iv 1. A attended you in Peribn (i) witb-Affitrancc of
Liberty, than to he hire in perpetual Danger of
Reftraint uiwn the leaft Cokior (A SuIfiiacaD. Your
Lordlhip who have lately tailed the Fridts of ouf
Bnglifi }*^iiu,) vrilleafily iawtgiMi yet, coafidting
with
(m) SabCcri^n^nt out. The NiqiM of ih« Liwi) v««Ai
tStiy imiuced, tbit mh Lor' liecltred thfj cwU I«i '"'- -
than fram their own Hind-Wridni. '
' (A)biiiiy cithcrbc I'eibn grPnMa.
7-5
ft P P E N D I-X;
Iwttb fome Friends of yours here, who know thtj^ ,( cm. !■
.many DiepentJencie's lipon lac'y and Opporiutiities of^ 1640.
doing Service, wherein it is conceived ihy Prefencc' . » " "
would be very neceiT-ry, an<i that, by itiy Perfcni I i""''
can contribute nothing more than what is comprifed
in this Paper, it was concluded, by an unanimous
toiiient, that it was very requifite for rtie to defer
my. Coming till Tome other t'lmej &nd thus, IhSitb-
iniffion to this Rerqlution, I (hM faithfully and fully
give Atifwer to {iich Particulars of the Letter, is, 1
conceive, are of moft Coiifequeiicc for your Know*
tedge and ray Dlfchatge.
. *^Your LordQiip inay remember,., that It was thfc
zytb 6F yitht ere ypu did communicate the Letter
unto me, 'the next Day was to be fet a-pdrt for hear-
ing of the Word and Prayer, two Days more were
fpenk in. Lmdan to let your Friends know the State oF
your Affairs, and io ftttle a Way of giving them cer-
tain and fpccdy Intelligence of yoiir Proceedings,
live Pays ihorc wiere fpent in my Journey into my
own Country j To as I have hegle^ed but three DaysJ
and, I prefuhie, you will not fay they were altdge-
tlier negle£ied, when you have pcrtiled this, together
with the inclofed.
* I conceive the main Scope of your Letter may be
comprifed under thefe two Heads, A fair Call before
your £!ntry, and a Contiirrencc after. In Anfwer to
ihe firft oF thefe, I fliall refer yoU to the inclofed,
which doth fully explain thcil- own Senfe, and is the
beft Index of their on^h Hearts, rather than to clothe
their ExpreiEons in any Language of my own. And
thus much, my Lord, let me tell you, that although
it be not the Way which your Letter doth defire,
yet, upon a due Confideration of the State of our
Government, it was thought, by wife Men, and am
perfuaded. your Lord/hip will approve it, as more
fafe,' more juft, more honourable for them, and no
lefs cfFedual and powerful for both yout £nds, than
your own.
' And, good my Lord, let not petty Jealoufies, or
improbiible Fears, returd fo great, fe good a Bufi-
Defs for the Church of God, and our common Li*
Vol. XXin. M berties.
..C'.oogic
76 A P P E N D I X.
"An. i6 c»r. T. bertles, asj By 'his Providenfce, is fo near at t!iii
i ■ '^*^'-n ■ Timi-, if ii pleafc God that you fptcd your Eiitty
July. ,^' "' near the Time prefixed in your Letter. 'And
, fbtfeech you no( to imagine ihat it is fot Fear of their
PeiCons being knn*hthat they refufeto be thetdllers
of you in, or Contra flors berbre-hdnd, either for
Men or Money, or any other Siipply j hut only to
,kcep their Confcienkes and Honours clear ; for theEr
Pcrfons are inutually engaged one to another, upoii
the firft Aflurance of your Ehtry into this Kingdom^
to unite themfclves into a confiderable Boily, and to
drawupaRemonftrance to' be prerented tb the Kingj
■wherein ihey will comprife yours atid their oftnjult
Grievances, an^ require a mutual Redrefs.
* And now; thy Lord, for your Satisfadidn, In Point
of Concurrence, give me Leave to tell you that All .
my Intelligence is calculated only for the Meridian
of Terijhirt, and the more Southern Farts ; for, till
your Entry there, you mull exp'efl great DiSiCtjItieSi
becaufe therd ate many Papifls in thofe Pa/ts, whom
none can make Friends to your Caul^i But, alas [
my Lord} what can that Number do againft yoiii
Army, if it be fo great as is mentionfefl in the Let*
ter; and that you make a fpeedy Entry, before they
Can be in any Readinels? Grumble and mlitcer they
oiay pcradventure, fight they dare not } - but I Ihall
proceed briefly to relate Things Ss'thcy appear to Hie
upon my beff Enquiry.
* Thefe are certain, ■ i/7. In the Jiidginents of all
that I have met with, it is approved that your Army
and Entry are the fole and principal Means, in any
Probability^ tb effcduate both our Dcfires.
* 2efyt That if we ctafli one againll anLther, or be
divided one frtm another, wfe are in extreme Peril
• to be both loft.
' 3^fyt That fome Covenant of mutual Defence of
the Religion and Liberties, already efiablifh'd in both
Kingdoms^ is abfoiutely necefTary to be drawn tip
and fubfcribed by both of us. <And it is defired that
yoij will be pleafed {i$ better vetfed iti Bufinefs of
this Nature) to do it, »nd to tender it'to all EugHJhi
,,GooqIc
A <1P ^P E N D I X. 77
IS you march along ; and, it is prefumed, you will ^' iC Cb.^T;
find many very rwdy to join » ith you in' it. . ''j*^'. .
* Belbre your Entry thcfe Things are done. Bi- . jj
ran'; Troops in Carlljle have no' Saddles, lior {Hall
have any ; 8oo of the beft have- no Piftols, iior iHall
have any.
* There is already, of the King's Money, about
aOOO /. which, before you come in an ordinikiy
March, will be perhaps double or treble iHst Simi,
^nd is intended for yoii; which you (h-ill^ have' (No-
tice of at your firft coming irtro the Country, and
where it will be in R'eadiiiefs ; which will be a good
leading Cafe (o the whole Kingdom, "
* Thefc Things are intended, fend probably aftef
your Entry,' that the Sheriff and Gcotry will, for
the Security of their' Wives', Children, and Evi-
dences, feize upon York or 'Hull^ or btith ; whereby
the, King will he difappointcd of a great Part of hia -
Strength, which he depends upoA there, land your
Way made open. ■■ --■ > ■ ■■■ t
* That the Loi;ds, as"! forrnerly mentioned, will.
Upon the firfl 'Cf rtainty of jront Entry, join' f dgJifter,
as is touched in their tetter.' ' ' ■ ' ■ ■ ' ''
' * That fome Troops of Horfe, the Number where-
of is not yet certain, and a. Regiment of Foot,' \ie-
fides particular Petfons out of every Regiment, Jvill
turn to you.
' That the Gentry will be willing to afford you
Victuals In a plentiful Manner j and the meaner Sort
upon very eafy Conditions,
' I am tikewife to recommend unto you, from your
Friends in the South, thefe enfuing'Cbnfid'mTi^ni^,
which they conceive will -be' of good Advantage to
you for the perfecting your Defign.
' I. That» upon your Entry, you fliould march
with ail poflible Speed to Loniien, where the Lords
and City wiil be ready to receive you, and jdn wiih
you. . '
' 2. That irt the Way, efpccially at the fitft, you
fliould forbear to cake any Thing from any, whether
- Prelate or Papift^ without their Confeni and,. Pay-
ment for it; for thefc Reafons, Becaufe yout Fr iAidi
Ma- do
78 APPEN&IX.
An. 16 Car. I. do make Account to fend you back (when the Work
. '^*°' is done) with a llbefalRecompenfe for your Charges}
j^^ and they conceive it will be more for your Honour
to have lefs, ifith Love and Juflice, than more,
with Violence and Oppre^onj u alfoto take away
ttie Scandal abroad, and hert at boitac, by ihofe
who yet ftand well-aflefled to you. The firft Im-
prel&ons U& long, and make a great Noife ; tbeie*
fore, my good Lord, let your firft Approaches be
fair and fweet, according to your Declaration.
' 3. * That where you hear there are any conjider-
able Bodies of Men, that you would fend to them, and
let them know your Unwillingnefs to iight with any
in this Qijatrel, coming in for our Good, arwell as
your own, and fend them your Declarations to ^at
Furpofe : But if any be fo mad as to aflault you*
Jpare them not, and be aiTured it will not make it
a National Quarrel ; becaufe the Army is patched
up of Strangers, PapiSs, and the Scum of the Coun-
try i which, if your Swords prevent not, will un-
doubtedly die in a Fialter. So as, in my poor Skill,
I cannot fee any Danger at all of your coming in,
nor any Doubt of good Succels ; but an hap|w De-
liverance of the poor imprifoned and fettered Golpcl
in both thefe Kingdoms, and a juft Judgment upon
the Authors of ihefe defperate Councils.
* My tx)rd, I fhail humbly beg for myfelf, that
the Bearer hereof may be returned with all poJQble
Speed and Secrefy, and an undoubted Afliirance of
your Rcfolutions ; becaufe I am to tranfmit it into
the South with all Speed. 1'hus prefuming of your
Favour herein, I reft
nur Ltrdjblp's Strvantf
Dati cut tut {a). MUM.
P. S. * Let us know the certain Day of your be-
^nning to march.*
iHSTRtrCTIOMS
(«) TliE Dtte nitift hive bnn, 1
,W, md Lord Ln '
a the 27th of ytti.
APPENDIX. 79
NSTRUCTiONS Af tlu ScoTt Armv Mv It e£i»H^^ *' Cir. I.
tbiir ErUrantt inn England. . *°' ,
* f F of Neceffity the^ mud conic in, there is no juiy,
1 Either difputing but how they come with moll
Aitvantage to the Caufe.
' All the Advantage which the PapiftsorRoyalifts^"*"" *<»
will make, is to periiiade the People, that this WMontbd?Ent)iS
their Intent frqm ihe Beginning, and that they cime\ot» EtUnd.
to conquer and enrich thimfelves with other* PoF-
feffions, and not for Reli^on and Liberty, aswat
pretended, which mufl be anfwered by a Manifefto,
and an Oath taken by themfelves, before they en-
ter ; and to offer it to as many in England at will
take it, and join with them j to proteft againft taking
of any Men's Goods, or to engage themfelrei jtt
Blood by fighting, unlefs they be forced unto it,'
which they prefume they Iball not find any to op-
pofe them, who love either the Gofpcl of Chrift, or
da not defirc the Slavery of thcmfelvcs, their Coi^ii?
try, and Pofterity.
• To Qiew how they have been Invaded by Se«
and Land, for no other End but to neciffititte ih^ir
coming to England, that they might have that Oc-
cafion (o fcandalize their juft and pious Intentions, -
ajid to flir up the Kingdom of England againft them,
and to make them the Authors both of (heir own
and their Slavery, and by our own Swords to extir-
pate our own Religion, and to bring in Popery with
a ftrong Hand, which hath been fo long intended.
* That it is plain, by breaking of Parliaments in
both Kingdoms, that they that govern the King's
CounciU have no Intention to reform the Grievan-
ces of Religion or Laws in either, which was only
the Recjued of troth Nations j and to teilify the Since-
tity of their Hearts, their utmoft Rcqueft ind Defire
only fhall he. That the Parliaments may Jit freely in
both Kingdoms, to redrefs Religion and Liberty fo
unjudly invaded i and that pernicious Counrellors,
namely, the A re hbi (hop , of f^an/fr^vry, and the Lord-
Lieutenant of Ireland, with fome others, who have
plotted and counfelted the Ruin of us all, may b«
made foxdicoming and anfwcrable to the froe Parlia-
M 3 ments
L;,.....,C".OOgIc
So APPENDIX.
n. i6 0r. I. dients in bwh Kingdoms ; which, if it may be iin*
' *^' . cercly and tft\flually peiformcd, (hall give a Period
i„C to their Arnis, and a juft Satisfeflion in all the .
, Chrftian World what their Intentions are.
' That they can bayc r>o Peace nor Afliirance
'n'ith the King as long as ihefc Cuunfe!ld:s, and fuch
other evil Inllriiments, have fuch an immodcal^
Share, in all his private Councils ' as they now have '; -
and that they can have no more reafonable Retjueft
than only to enjoy the Gofpel and the Laws,atflJ
fuf h Reformation as the whole united Kingdom {half -
think fit i that they defire to (hake off no Power of
lawful Monarchy, but only that which is iiKOh&ftcDC
with the Monarchy ol Chrift.
■ • That no iiidcpcnJent Kingdom did ever defcfn4
fo.tano the Juilgment of another, ai they fliall to
the Pa rh amen t of SngJand, when it (hall fit frcej
and that they dclire no other Proceeding againft
thcfe pernicious OjunfeHor.s than whftt their owa
Parliament IhaJl think them worrhy of.
' ' That, to aVjid farther 1 rouble- by the Army,
they delirc the King would be pieaied'to fend aiiy
ten of the wtUaffeSfd Nobility of Mfigiiiid, (ex-
cepting thefe guiliy Perfons who are named) to heir
their juH inicntions to their Brethren of Sngiank^
and to make a fair Conctufion of all Hoi>ihty until
the Parliament be conv.enedi where all Demands
fb^ll be righdy weighed and juftly determined, and
the Perfons accufed by b<>th the Kingdoms, may be
legally tritd ; which i« no more than what a juft
Princ^ oweth, by the Law of Uod, to his Subje^ ;
who, with all Uuniility, Tc^r^i 'nd SuppticatioDS,
do demand it, ' ,
* That they call God to witnefs, that, with Peti^
Gf their Livei,.and.L«»fs of their hftates, ihcy have,
and do feek, as much the PreiervatiDn of Engiauet,
in' their Rtli)ion and Laws, as their owh, as well
knowing the Ruin nf ihc one is, ir-d will be, tihe
Ruin of both j and cannot believe tha; thL-y (hall find
Enemies there, whete they have dcfcived fo much ;
from the Uifhops and Papiils, and guiliy Perlbrs,
ihcy may expc£t it ; but from any that dcfire the
Purity
A I> P E. N D I; X, 8r,
Puriqr&fid FJourifiiingof Chfift'sGofpel, they Mn-; *■■, '* <^"-^
not, Altho' your Inforinations run Hazard; in the . ^ *° '.
V^ay, and receive harfh Entercainnienc, at tbeii igiy.
Journey'^ End, from your Adverfaries, who labour to
fupprefs the Truih, yet they are h acceptable to yoiif
Friends, and necelTary for afTuring all Men of youf
Conftdncy and Refolution of ftanding to (he Defence
of.ypur Religion and Liberties, and tpr clearing youf
Loyalty to your native King, as )vu have jufl Rc».-
tbn to (end them Uirough all DifficultiL-s.
' It is afi^riped ihac you have let out a Repreleq-
t^ioh of all your Proceedings fincc the Pacification,
with an Aiifwer to that late Declaration made
againit yviit which doth conduce very much for tbe-
O.ood of your Bljlifiefs ; and doubtlcfs both youT-
felves and your Friends arie, and will be, as catcfiU
tp have it, and all true Informations, putilifhcd at
your Advftrfaries ar^'defirous to (u[(pTe(s'.
' < It is reported tnai ygu have forefeenf that you are
in an Inftant to be !b1ocl(ed up by Sea, and compilTcd
^nd' invaded with Aimie^ by Land j and ihat ihc
Seat of War is intei^dtid to be in the halbm and mo$
fertile Part of your Kingdom, to confume and waAe
you, and keep you at a greater Diflance from you/ '
friends, that fo, in the End, your Enemies might
devour you ; which great Danger, it is reported, you
Jire labouring to prevent, by anticipating the King's
Ari^y with the EApedition of yours to England',
vhicji is moll acceptable to your Friends, and a£-
frighCs your Adverfaries, who will labour to have
your In-'foming eftecmed to be an Invaflon of £ff^-
land, that they may raife a National Quarrel j fof
pieventitig whereof, albeit your Friends, who under*
fland ihe 'Truth, and know your Atie^ions,' wi)l
not Cruil fuch Calumnies, yet, for better SatisfaiSion
and greater Afliirance of the People here, yoifr
Friends cruil and expefl that, as you have given
Information of all your Proceedings h^^reiofore, {o
you will inalte a Declaration to cpme, before and
with you^ Army, to Ihgw how you are conilrained
to thw Expedition f|or your lawful 'and neccflary De-
fence, that youi Eoeaiiss, againlt whotii you come,
M ^ are
L\ _...,C".OOgIc
«a APPENDIX.
Ab- ^6 Cw, Tare only fhc Prelates and Papifts, and their Adhe^
'**'''• , rents ; who have inccnfed your native King againft
■jjC you, and have raifed up thefe Wars, bticaufe yon
Would not receive the Innovations of Religion urged
by them upon you, and admit their tyrannical Hie-
rarchy in (he Church and State againft the Oath of
your National Covenant, and Coiiftitutionsof your
Church -, that you h'ave no Intention to invade of
wrong England; but, with God's Afliflance, and
with the Favour of fuch as love the true Protcftant
Religion, the King's' Honour, and the Peace and
Good of this Kingdom, that you are to fight for
your Religion, Liberties, and LiVcs, that the King's
Majefty, and all bis good Subjefls of both King-
doms, may be delivered from God's Enemies aiid
theirs, as the Auihors and C^uftrs of all your Evils,
and Difturbers of the Peace of both Kingdoms ; and
thiit his MaJ.{ty may, with all poffibie Speed, call
a Parliament' in both Kingdomsi by who fe joint Ad-
vice and Counfcl, without Interruption or breaking
them up, thefe great Evils may fpccdily be rcfncdicd ;
the Authors thereof put to ajuft Triiil, and rieceive
condign Puniftmeiit ; the King's Honour may be
vindicated ; his good Subjefls of both Kingdoms
may get Redrefs of their Grievances \ which witt
turn all our Troubles and Tempefts into a fair
Calm and Peace; will make his Majefty loved, ho-
noured, and cheaVfuUy obeyed at home, and nulcie
llim terrible to all his Enemies abroad.
* And, left plundering and fpoiling of the Coun-
tries where you come provoke the People, to rift
againft you, it is expeiSed that you will keep your
Army in the beft Order'you can ; and that tho Dc^
claration vi-ill bear, That you will take no Man^
Goods nor Means but for Payment, except the
Goods of Prelates and Papifts; and that what yoii
»re.neceflita;cd to take from any other for Entertain-
ment of your Army, you will pay prcfent Money
for it, or give Surety fur Repayment thereof; for it
is thought that you will make the Prelates and Pa-
{ lifts pay for all, and that your Friends, and fucb as
ove the Good of Religion, antl the Good and Peace
' ' 'of
...CooqIc
APPENDIX. 83
of both Kingdoms, will not refift nor grudge for ■**■ '* ^"•
faking what is neceffary (or Entertainment ot your . ' *°'
Army, cither for Payment or upon Surety, till it joly, "
plrafcs God to enable you, and afford Means to pay
ifhat you mufi take in' this Kingdom.
* Your Declaration may expreft your Acknow-
kdgtnent of God's' Provide nee, who kept the Par-
liament of England, that they were fo wife as not to
be mideci againA you by the Praftice of your AJver-
&ncs to a Naiionat War ; as likewife bear fome
£xpreffion of your Thankfulnefs to them, and to
tlic City of LsTiden ; who, notwilhflanding ihe Arch-
Prelatea, who are the great Mifieaders of King and
Court, live amongft them, have a) I this Time con-
tinued conf^antly afFe^ionate to Religion, and the
Peace of both Kingdoms ; and your fignifying your
Refpefl to them, will both teftify yftur Thank-
fulnefs, and endear them the more : AH which may
t)c in a brief Declaration, which may be contained in
a Sheet pr two of Paper, and ne«ds not be long, be-
caufe your former Informatior^s and Remonftrances
have fulBciently cleared your tbrmer Proceedings,
• The Reatons which fccm to favour and (nvitff
fou to come in, amongft others, are, partly froiQ
your own Condition, partly from the Conditioa .
. of Matters here : F(VJf, The King's Refolution,
being incenfed by your AdVcrfaries, js bent to
^Rroy you, by bl eking you in by Sea, and by
keeping Troops and Garrifons in your Borders, for-
cing you to ncgiedi your private AfFain:, keep Offi-
cers and Soldiers, fpend and wafte your Means,
w<ary and difable you, that you may the more eafily,
in the End, be overthrown, or fo foon as he can
have fufficient Forces and Money to undo you by
force and Strength, by S^ and Land ; under which
great Danger it fcem? impoflibic that you can long
lie in Sufpenfe, anct bear put, as you have mar-
veloufly done thefc Yeairs bygone. The Difpofi-
tion of Eiglind, and how they are difpofcd, may beft
be judged by thevr Carriaie in the tail Parliament,
which is the beft Commentary of their Minds ; fuch
jis love, the Sinceritj o{ Religion, an^ diilike EpiA
'■ '■ " topacy*
...Google
S P E end: I X.
■ copacy, are yourccrtaia Ft'iends; fucfa as have tb«t^
Grievances tor their ijufferings in their lillate*, tc-
km likewife that the Prelates Power is predomi-
nant, and rulcth over the State as much as over the
Church ; And toth Sorts of Pcrfons prove that the
Courage and Succefs of your Bufinefs, is the only
Means they fee moll conducrble for fettling, not
only of your Religion and Liberties, but alfo of
theirs ; aiid it is averred, that if you will come in,
Ibcy will {hew their Refpedl really for you, for thb
Good of Religion, for vindicating the King's Ho-
nour and Peace of both Kingdoms : Thefe arQ foif
your Encouragement.
' On the other Hand, if the Engli/hf who now^
for the mo(l Part, are difconiented, and favour you»
(hall happen to be diverted; and that you may be
drawn in the Midjl of England^ and be fcaice C^
Money or nec^lTary Ammunition, the Hazaid ma^
prove fo great, and the Bufmefs fo important, that
it is more than 1 dare prefiime to give you a deter-
minate Advice, iho' there be many pregnant Rea-
fons for inviting your Coming, as moft expedient.
But of both thefe you may ma;lte up your Declara-
tion, and what elfe you pleafe to add to it. Thetiord
diied your C6unfels to his Glory and your Good.*
Omitted in Vol. X. p. 2^3, Fthruary 8, 1641,
communicated from a C6lIe<3ion of old Tra£t&, - by
Edward frew'i, £fqi of Sujftx,
7J* Speech ef Majler Pleydell, Bfq\{a'\
Mafltr Speahr^
Mr. P/ejM'i ' T Have heard, fmce I had the Honour to fit here,
Sieecb. ■ J. many Grievances prefented i and truly. Sir,'
iny Heart bleeds within me when 1 ihinlc of them,
efpecialiy thofe that cotJcern'Rttigion. B»t what
(hould I fpeak ef Grievances cowcrnifig Rdigion,
when Relieion itfelf is become a Grievance; nay,
• the
, but i^Ablfii iti^l, for twine ■
A P P E N P I X. 85
the very ^lurfc and Mother of alt Grievances, all An. 17 Or. I.
Scandals, all Reprtathes ? ' ■ ' *V *
TantUm Redgle pstuii faaHere Malcru^. Febnuiy.
.* Sir, not to trouble you with any lon^ Difcourfe;
if I have any Sight, that Bark, both of Church and'
Slate, hath a juiig Time floated betwixt SyUa and
Cbarybfiis, Popery on the one Side, and I knuw not
what to call it on the other; in many Refpedls
both alike dangerous, unlefT.' the In.tian Ptuverbc
pi'ay alter the Cafe, God deUnd me fram my reputed
Srimdi, and I wiU deftnd myjelf /rem my fsfiji
Ettemies,
* Sir, We are intruded by God,' the King, and
the Country, with the managing of this Ba^k, fraught
with the Fortunes of three great Kingdonies. Now,
fliould we fo decline the fotniKi Rocke, ihat we dalh
on tlie otner S:de, 1 humbly offer it to this [-Jtinour-
siie Aflcmbly, whi-ther l&e might not have jull
Caufe to fay. She had changed her Pilot rather than
her CondiiLon, and only (hi f ted PLccs to find' her
Ruine : For, Sir, there is as much beyond Truth,
ii on this Side it ; and would we lleere a right
Csurfe we muft be furc to keep the Channel, left
We fa'l from one Lxtreame to another, from the
Dotage of Superftition, to the Frenzy of Profdne-
nefs ; fcom bowing to Idols, to worQiip the Qjlvea
of OUT own Imaginations.
' Sir, 1 befeeeh you confidcr what libellous Pam-
phlets are now printed, what Sermons are prcactied,
iiot building Hay and Stunble, but utterly (ubvert-
ing the Foundations of'Tru^b: What Irreverence
in Churches, what Profanation of God's Service, to
the Scai>dall of Chriftisnity, the Reproach of Reli-
gion, and the intollerable Griefe of all g'lod Men ^
of which I may lalce up the Words of Petrus dc yH'ia-
(0 to the Councd of Conjii'ice,. Nifi etlMur fiat
Refarmatia, audiB dht'e, quod licet ^ magna 'fijtt qua
vidtmus tartien in hrevi incimfarahilia majoro (i) v'ldt-
mtil, i^ pe/i ifia tarn herrenda 'rtiajsra al:a avdiemui. '
Sir,
(j) SU in 6'igini i but I tike it to be m Error in the c:tit
frrinter, ii the fatiut| Tenft of vii» rnikn-i bed Scnfe Hilb that of
tmltt. £.F.
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86 APPENDIX,
ui, J7 ctt. h * Sir, I take God to Record I am no Man's Ad-
^ '^'- ^ vocate, no Man's Enemy i but a faithful Lpver of
■pgjjnujy. Troth and Peace, and a dutyfuU Son of our diArcf-
fed Mother the Church of England, in whofe Bc!-
halfe, and oii^ own, my Motion fliall be fliortly this *
That the Miniflers' Petition, with fo much of their
Rcmonflrancc as hath been read, may be committed ;
and the refl of it, concerf^ing Matter of Do3rine,
majr be r^fcried to fome learned and approved Di-
vines, as have fpent their Time in that nobfe Study.
For give me Leave tp tell yoii, There is a Vulgut
among the Clergy, as among the Laify, Bl in utrt-
g^t nil modicum ; and for thcfe and all Things which
Itiike at the Eyoot and Branch, as they pleafe to call
it, I {hall humbly move (hat wp rather confider how
to fatisfy the Petitioners with fome timely Declara-
tion from both Hnitfcsi of tl^e LawfuIn^lTe and Con-
, venicncy of Epifcopail Government, derived froni
the Apoftles, apd fo long cflablifhed in this ICing-
dom, rather than venture upon any ^Iteration, the
Confcquen^c whereof the wifeA Man cannot forcfee ;
And, in Truth, Sir, fhould we once begin, for my
own Part, I know not bow, or where nve fliould flay.
* Ncverthelcfle, if any qne ^pubt the Superiority
of BiOiops over Priefts and Doacons in EcclefiAicall
Government, or in Ordinatioii, I fliall be ready,
whenfoever diis Houfe (ball command me, to make
it good, and I think by as pregnant Tefli^onies, as
we are able to crove the Difference betwixt Cano-
nical! and Apocryphal! Scripture, the Nece^^ of
Infants BaptiOne, or that the Apoftlea were the Au-
thors of their owne Creed : But, Sir, I hope yoq
will fave yourfelf and me that Labour, and ratncf
devife of fome fet Way to binde up the Churches
Wounds, which God knowcs are too wide already |
that fo the Clergy and Laity being made Friends^
and all reduced to the Model of pur Anccftors (ince
the Reformation, we may altogether preferve the
Unity of the Spirit, in the Bond of Peace ^ and fo
his Majefty having gracioufly and prudently expreft
himfelf, I am the more confident we fhall not only
put an End to all Mifintelligence betwixt Prince and
People,
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A P i* E N D I X. S7
People, but alfo h'lriily advance the ProtelUnt Caufe, *>■ '"C"- '•
and give a deadly Blow to the See of R§>iu. .. '^*'-,.»
< Sir, I humbly bnvc the Favour of the Houfe. j,^
tor <^od is my Wimcfs,
Km prtm atiu^ liHran Aniiaain tntam.'
The following Letter wai dii^td to Sir fhantat
Lpttltm, Bare at fft/buhu'm Buckiniham/hin. It
was found amongft that GentJeman's Papers, an^
communicated by his Grandfon, Dr. Cbarlet Ljttil*
IM^ now Dean of £m/^.—The Letter is iliyfterious
enough, and evidently Oiews the extreme Jealoufy
Bind the Danger of holding Cgrrcfpondence io tbofe
Times.
Dmr Ctn^tiy
' "Ij^ HIS Morninge was deliuered, vntto mee, a a Lena to Sli
■*■ Paper without Name, but not witiiout Date '*™"^"**^
or frcndly Expreffions, which conueye mee to the
Owner with more £afe than Men are knowne b^
their Words in thefe Days.
' You haue put new Obligations vpon mee, in
prefentinge my Scruifes in the ri^t Place ; the Re-
ceiuor is a Man of fewe Words, vaicfs tiiis Tym
hath changed bis Nature, and rendcr'd him Ionge>
Wynded with our new Predicators ; be' koowes my
Minde, and fo do you too, which iHall neuer &yle
faim or you.
* Wee arc here vpon the verticall Poynte, and,
like Men in a Storme, begin to Ihifte for ourlelues :
if your Pollure bee made good, ours muft'Changcj
like Bucketts in a Well, when you are up we ^re
. down ; and where you muft kcepe vs, or wee Ihall ,
tyfe agayne.
* Mony is at Ebb with vs ; a dead lowe Water.
Ycftcfday Committees of both Houfes were anglinge
amongft the Stranger Merchants, and caughte about
. 6000 /. in Subfcriptlons ; Subfcriptions bringe no -
more Mony than Votes draw illood.
* Our Grandies are much truubled at the Depar-
Hirc of my Lord Duke oi ButtbinghanifiKyrt) wiio
wa«
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88 A P F E N D 1 X.
Aa. IB Cir. Kwas aSecrtut, and- is much fearctf by hb-Fellori'- -
*'ii '**'' . -' ■ t^^"'?''*'"'*"- " '^''^ F-tficr, hciiaiti/, is in -Djforder,
' ,^ and no.Iefs troobted for the Ditccfircvypf bis De-
feigns, than for his Poueriy, which pir«.hethe on ajl
Sydcs. -TJie.Con6dct)fe.hvl iahis^Sonin-Lawe is
conuerred into reall Feares and JealouHes, left in
good Cipmpa^y.tht .Truths, fhfuld. come outj and
See thrown up with the Excels.
, , • Rabii Arthur ,\s dcafe of ^Hcaringc,' and fup-
plytt ho more;,fick and lame, whciiihe Lcuye of
Hoffe was in Qy^ftiqn ; he knowes bow to baftt
befpre bis FrenHs. The Qoiiyey ofXJotAi y/i& Y«-
flerday impeachte in tbc Hotifc, of Coippions y^a
their Letter, and this Morninge' the Impcachnvent
was carycd up by your gpod Ficild Mr. tio/lh, who
made a very eloquent Ordtion.
' The Labour in the Houfe of CpmmQns waf
great to haUe tnadctbisRefulall to bee -the Gc3und£
- of a Civill War, and in that Cafe to hare them If-
ah\e to' Forfeiture ontf of Goods and (^nds ; biir,
, after a longe Debate, fomc of theii' Friends decided
their Scnfc againd it, and tum'd it ijuitc off; intb-
mucb that the Qyeftion being put, • Whctjier it
iho'iild be [ayd by, it wascarried in the Affirmative;
and not a Man th^^t had fpolcen againft the layinge
of it by, gave a Negative to it i fo that the Im-
peachment reachethe only to Mifdemcanor ^vpon
the flighte and fcornfull Anfwcr.
< This is the (irft pcrfpicuous .Blowe that hath
, ben giucn tbem tbefe mahy Monthes, and ipay
proiie ominous, fmfe many fell fmm them that wera
wontb to fticlce, and begin to flwinkc in the Wet-
tingfe.
' Our .Waters ryfc or fall accordrnge to your
Mokitins ; At the Poole of Bcihefda the Waters
were to bee troubled before they coujd be medjci-
nable ; 1 wifh the f^me Angetl amongft us, fmfe I
dare not wifhe more Trouble,
* The lafl Declaration is taken for a Cutter t
!'our Caualieros certainly had a H^^nde in it; it cuts
ykc a two-edged Sworde : If you fend any more of
fuch Cutters, you may clcaue us in Peecci.
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"k :P l* E N t> i X. &I)
' I thank my Coantriineii for being my Coantri-Ao.' il dr. I.
imen ; Aey fliall bee my Couritrtmen ftill ; not ttie ^ -'**'' ^
£^xC»\vca, who pttiy'd the Mfen at Cbemsfird, and i,^
tni'de Shcwe only of ^ feme fcaveh Horfe; very few
■ GcrrtJemen appealed. ■
• You may take an Acounte of your Feyld-tteeCes
k( Yerie ; the Lord that ftay'd ihem n come to f ou»
and'traly it was theiiirtft notoriouj Peec»of Scniife
done in the -Militia. I wayted on aiy Lady to giue
her the joyfuil News, but Oie conceiued 4hat it
would Tcache you belofc your.goinge from H^w/bery:
'"■When my Name comes in your Way, you may
' {)rbmote it as "you fee Occafion, wher you have be-
guhi and if yod giue^mee Imclligence of yoorRe^
iolfitions there, I £al} t:ortfoTmc to the Nccefity.
*■ We have btn, are, and may bee, of great Vie
• here, br rcpell Surprizes, and lobearvpourFrends,
' ah4 gaync vponourAdnerferies. If it receiue arty
tidier Conftru^Honwith'htmwhofe Companion you
' how are,' I ihall take itas a FsUourto bee informed*
• and fiiail applye tnyfelfe to that which may bee molt
■ ^reeahle to nis Pleaftrre who hath Peivcr ta com-
' maiidt; in all la^full Seruifes {a).
Yffurf. FritnJ^ &c:
jkHi II, 1642. J. H.
* I haue taken the Liberty to fcniarge, becaufe I
Confide in the Meffinger J andSf you putt your Let-
ters into Secretary Niehhi'i Pacbett, they may
come fafly into my Hands, by Mr. Sptnftr, RefidetK
here.
^ Make no Shewe of my Liberty, but wher yoa
arc iiery fafe, and parte not with it; the Tymcl*
tycklilbe, and Cjuiion is moll necefiary.'
,, Google ■ —
§o APPENDIX.
Aa. II Ci^. iTiot Act^uiTTANCEs, ^gned hj tbt Dtfutj-lrfi-
. '* *'- , furtr tt tit Scot* Army, f»r Iwt HukdrtJ Theu-
Uaiaij. fy"^ PiunJs, tppeinttd md agrttd lt.lt paid iy
, tbt Kingdem of ENGLAND /« tb* Kingd'm •/
StoTLAND, hj A'titUs tf 4gfttm*ra majt bitwuK
tbtm', — Cofnmiinicated by Dr. Grty,
W^Trf'tbe' I/" Now »" Men by thcfp Rrcfenis, That tipoii
Stiei Anny't , , 1^ the Onb 4nd Twentieth Day of jfiHuarj, One
XcsoitloKe fiir Tbou&hd Six Hundred and Forty-fix, I Join Drtm- '
xoofiooU ^^^^ Deputy to Sir Adum fltpbum. Km. Treafu-
rtr to the SetU Army in England, have, according
to certiin Articles of Agreement, agreed upon be-.
tilreen the Conimiitees pf Lords qnd Commons of
the Parliament of England', and Commilfioners of
the Parliambnt of Statland, authorized thereunto by
the Parliament of each Kingdom* refpe^ively bear-
V>g Date the Tiiree ^nd Twenticth.Day of Dtcembt^y
One Thouiand Six Hundred an4 Fprty fix ; and in
' purfuance of the fame, tnd In the Time, Place, ar»l
Manner therein pFcfcribed and appointed, received at
fi'UUam GiUii, Efq; Alderman p{ the City of Ltndem,
fOi l^emaf Nbetl and Franfit /tfi>t, Efqrs. appointed
by an Ordinance of both Houfes, of the.Siiftcenih of
Nevitnber laft, to be T-ruSees for the Monies arifing
upon the Sate of Uifhops Lands, the Sum of Eight} -
eight Thoufand Pounds Sterling, which, together with
Xwelve Thoufand Pounds received at London \iy the
Commiffioners of Scstland^ in the Name and for the
Ufe of the Kingdom of Seuland, for which ihcCom-
miffioncrs have given an AcquitUnce, i^ in full tor
the Payment ot the ta&. Hundied Thoufand Poundij
appointed and agreed to be paid by the Kingdom of
England to the Kingdom cf Scet'endi by ibe faid^ Ar-
ticles of Agreement, in Wicn^ri whereof 1 hai^e
hereunto put my Hand and Seal the Day add Year
iirlt above- written.
J. DRUMMOND, Cummfar. Dtfiuti.
SiaUd, jubfcribidf and delivtnd in tht Pre/met »f
Ptmtnit and Aient. John Cekt Rich. Minert
B. Dmbigb Ji. Mylles Rob. hilliarJ
Kdvj. Mtnlagu ' Richard Brawn fyill. Hum.'
■ Phi. Skippan Tho. Richard/an harftcnt
J. Heiknd Narhtin.Surrep ff^m. Evererd\
. KnoV
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A P P fe N d i 5fi $i
« t^ Kow all Men bjr thefe Prefcnts, That upon *"' »» c^rt
.*** thr Third Day rf February, One TholiJand , . ''^- .
the Hufliircd and Forty-fix, I Jshn Drurntliani/, Dfc- Wbntij. |
piltytoSir /fdam Hefbarhi Knight, Txeafurcr of the
Statf Atniy in EHgiandy have, according to certain A"»'^ ^*1"}J*
Articles of Agfeement, agreed upon between the^J^**
Committeea of Lords ^nd Commons Qf the Parlia-
ment of Bngland, and Commiifioners of the Parlia-
ment of Scotland, authorized fbereuiitoby the Par-
luiiQents of both Kingdoms, refpedively bearing Date
the Threp and Twentieth Day of Detentbtr, One
Thoufand ^ix HunfJred ^d Forty-fix, and in'purfuanc^
of theff me, in the Timci Plicc) and Manner thereiii
grefcribe^ antl appointed, received of ffiUiam Gihfut
. Sfq; Alderman of the City of Landeay and TbenaS
Ne*U ^aA Frttmit Afiit, Efqrs. appointed by an Qr-
^inwice of both Houfes, of the Sixteenth of NiH-
Member laft, to bBTreafurersof the Monies arifmg Up-
on the Sale di fiiOiops L^nda, the Sum of One
Hundred T-ho^ifand Pounds Stctlingt which is in full
Pay tpant of the fecond Hundred Tfanufand Pounds,
appoiiited and agreed to be paid by the Kingdom of
^Bji^j/totJieKlngdamof^cefiEan^, b](thefaidArcicle «
In WitnCfs whereof I have hereunto put my Hand
andSealftheDay at\d Year firll above- written (i}, '
J. DRUMMOND« Commifar. Deputt,
italedi figntdf and deiivtrtd, in lit Prtftwi of
Ph. Siippm Hit. RicharMm J,. MjlUs
JthnWard R».Waclfi}x Rub.Dmng
J. Pine IVm. Evirat'i \ fVm. Siippm
J. Pttttr mil Humbarfttnt The. •Jeukinu
Vol. XXllI. N The '
(!)0!Jmiia,thjt,(tliftty tf tht Fam'/f tf rU Sni»m,^. 313J
Tbai m [iill AiTRBtnt W4t midc wilh cbc Sefi Commiflionen, Dti^
8, 1646, That when One Huiukej Tboufud Poundi came <o Ti^- -
tSf, th Tc-J/Jbire, the Scmi Ihould gin Hoftagei lonuitdt theit
Quineii, Poffcflioiu, indGaTrironi, on tbeSouth SideorTjnK, with-
in Wnl^jni aod upoo Detivoir of theotbeiOoe Handred ThouGmd
Poundi, on die Noilh SIdr e( Neact/ilt. the K,«, Oiauld give Hcifla-
gn to niirch out of England, and rjull the Girrifont of Bimitt iitl
Citrlip, wtlhin Vtn Dtyi. There were 0[her Two Humjmi Thoa.
/>nd PooBdi ulkid oa, but ihc Scai iifm to like (he I'ltliimeat'i
Wordfoiii. ^[.<e.*,How thiugreeiwitb thetwo pieceding Ac^nit-
Wncei — Dr. Z. Crtj.
Tbelc Ac^oilUUKH «nctikea from tbc On(iii*li.
L;_...,C".ooglc
92 ' A P P E N D I X.
"* *8 ft"' ^' '^''^ fotlowing Letter was fent to one of tke
. , ,t " , Compirers of ihisHiftory, incIoTing two Originals;
jonc. Copies bf whicti we ttiinic proper to fubjoin, as au-
■■ , thtniic Evidences of Arcbbifhop ^tfiBUij'j Defeai-
on from the Royal Caufe, tho' he had boco raiied
ind fu^poited by it. . , -
Flafgwin, in Angleley, February 9* i76o>
SIR,
^0 U have publifirtd, in the Beginning if jaur Fif-
teenth Velume of the Parliamentary Hiflory, Qil.
■ Milton's Letter relating to JrchhiJhapVf ''X{\^m^% de—
,. tiaring ftr the Parliament, dated June 15, 1646.—/
, fendjtu one wrtti theith »f that Month, by the Areb'
. bijh9p,ie CeL "QuWieXey, and ether Gentltmen of An-
glefey, whe defined the Co/lie ef Beaumaris far the
■ King. '■ If there had been ivaniing any Evidence fully
ie cenfirm hi I Grace's Favtur ta the Parliament^ this
Letter wautdfufplf that Defe£t, He joint King and
1. PtB'IiaBwt together, which wajthe Deilrtne of the
. •J'r.ei^ytm-iani if thofe Days. He fufp^fes the King
- tebefatiifiedwiththeCffoenanii and that Mitton's
. . jMfo, in Rebellion againfl the King, prayed as xealsafy
, far him as the Lord Byron's Peaple, who immediately
ai!ed under hit Royal Authority,
.lalfi inciofe to ytu of the fame Date, ihevery ani-
tnated Reply of Col. Bulktky, and th* other Gentle-
men of the Caplt, I am. Sir,
.Your very obliged humble Servant,
PAUL PANTpN.
To my jm/cli-boncured Friends and Caufins Col. Rich-
ard Bullceley, ' Lieutenanl-Cslenel Robinfon, Ma-
jor Lloyd, and C<'Pt> Johns, at Beaumaris CaJlU^
My very werthy Coufini,
/.Tchbiihop Wi * "D ^ * Letterand fome Papers fent untome from
/;<>»«'. Ui»ru Xj the Gentlemen at fifrra/f, the laft Night, I
the Governor^ perceive that you have poflclTed yourfelves of the
r^^'culll"'"*'' *^**^-'^ °^ BMWflwri;, and without the Approbation,
, of the Gemletncn and Chief Commaodcrs of the
, •- . . County J
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A P . P E N D I X. 93
County; fo (vrfiich I was very glad to flnd) wlth-An. *iC«t. I.
OMt any- ftich Oppofition to the King and'Partia- . '^^ ,
merit, but may be cafily reconciled, if you do not i„^,
dcliy it too long, . This is a great and powerful
Body, and will not be capitulated too muchwithall,
efpecially by afew Gentlemen, who have furprized
a Caflle in a Time of Treaty^ at, the beft; but as
they mainly affirm, when all Conditions were agresd
upon, and they had rdied and cenlided onthtiLord
Bulitkj aiid the CommifTionets A^urance.' I b&-
feec'h you, therefore, for youi; own Good, a^ifl the
Good of the Country, to give'Gcneral Mitten, ioa/a
fpeedy .Contentment, , as 7 underftand jou have
written' unto 'him already, a vorv civil Letter ;.. and
that may be with' taking fpme Part of his Men-ptc-
fenily into the Gallic,, my Coufio JSt/W/y holding
flill his Cqmjnancs as ,a ConRahjc until your Pro-
pofitions be 'detated!"rorj, to kccj^ all the Men 43
mere Suarigers doth, put. ■9'Slur_-u[tpn the Major-
General, and, thro' hU Sides^ upon that gieat Body
of the Eftate whoic Mjpiftej be is. And ipi jhde
in the Town they may aiingle with tha Town-
Guard, and have no ca'ufe to qon^plain they are look-
ed upon, like Enemies' Of; fome oihcr fair Re-
fpeAs (which my Coufm Rsbinfon underitapds
better than I) may be put «pon them; and thofc
Articles of fufFering them to paft away, if they be
recalled elfewherc,^ fetafide. And God forbid they
Ihould have aiiy Caufe ,to demand fuch Articles ;- it
may be ihele are of the befl Servantsthe King hath,
if his Majefly be with the Sceti^ and is fatisfied with
, the Cdvenaift. I' am fUre they fpcak as well, and
pray as zealoudy for the King, as my Lord Bymn'l
People did; and may he never thrive that doth
Otherwife. The King is gracious, and takes no De«
light that his Servants fhuijld be ruined and heg-
gar'd to no Purpofe, but io comply with the Hu-
mour of fome few, and thofc none of the wifeft
Commanders I am your near Kinfman, acquaint-
ed with all your Fathers. and Grandfathers,, and have
no other End upon you befides your own Prefcrva-
N 2 tion
..■C.oogic
9+ A P P, E N P I X.
Ar- «i Car.l. tion from Danger and Ruit] ; ynd I bcjleecli jqa b
, ''*^' J to interpret thic Letter of
,„^. fmr afftSiaiuiU Fritnd and Kinfman,
JO. £BO(lAC.
FATFM.ibii 8th Dw }
,/jnt, 1646, 5
.A^Tf it fitajt year Srattt
tk* JLaCjiu. f~^ Olond BuUtlty hath pifleflcd hiiaftif of tliu
^^> CalHe, upon ho ottKr Grounds (han tfac juu
IntcTcAyour jlordOiip well knows he, together' witb
- ' liii FatkfT, haihinitb^ Patent from the Kinb tf
being then npon SurFendcr without cither hi« Pri-
tity, or the Country*! general Confent; lb |t cvuiot
bearthe Name of a Surpriza), but the Maint^sncp
of his, in Sut>or4inatfon to hU Majefty's Right. An4
wherew if is antnly affirmed, that thi> wai dov
after Agreement made, we'll aiTur^ j^ur Lordfliip
we have eameMj dc&red to f|tc the Conditions for
the Securitjr of the Inhabitants of dtt IlUnd, bi(t
could fev none, not to mucb at for the Offi^rs apd
Etddieriof the Oarrifon, who being without Arti'.
des dilbandcd, were ftiU liable to IpiprUonfttenf,
or to be difpoTed of u the Pailiamcnt pleaTcdi wl^
tho' never fo poweiful t Bodjr, aaj and ought to be
fo far capitulated with, a* to fUqv uppn what
Grounds to ftand. Our Agreement wiA th« Cooi-
miffionen for Celjation (mm HoAUitjr, (though ti-
nutting no Party into the Cafflf, nor iniaglin^ pf
Town Guards] cannot but a i f *Ccneral Jl^nt^
Sattsfeftion enough for tlM-'prdent: When Thiitt>
fhall be fairly debated and concluded uponj \)f- vat-
rerfat Content, we thall then be wiUtng to givf >fl<^
receive Hoftages for their Performance on both
Sides ; and that we conceive to be the more Soldier"
likp Way. And as for the Article for their free De-
parture, if recalled, it was of their own Suggcftiop*
,nor fay we God forbid they Qiould have Caufc to de-
mand fuch. We are glad your Lordfbip Is now of
Opinion that thefc will prove his Majefty's befl Scr«
vants, who the World knows, is in Perfon with
the SevUj tho* bis being fatisfied with the Covenant*
APPENDIX. 95
4w dare not (o much u imagine ; and if to judge of An. *% Cm. >•
Aeirs and the Lord Byrm'x People's Vnyta, wc . ''*^' .
itave to him to whoni all Prayers ou^ to be di- ^^^
ceded ; but join with you in the laifirecauont Ma^
Tie never thrive that dotb otherffifc. The King ws
fcnov, and the Parliament vt hope, is gracious, wiM
tierer confent to the Ruin of a whole Country, out of
i Compliance with the Humour of Tome (whom ,
we queSiop not) whofe Experience cannot all them
Commanilers ) we flialt therefore, by all Meana
|ioffib1e, ftudy ,to prevent it, and, with the thankful
Acknowledgment of yout Care and Advice, remairi
T*Mr Graces tmflbumtU Sirvantt,
Richard Bulkelev,
John Robinson,
David Lloyd,
HCNIIIB JoHEtS.
The two enfuit^ Letters were overlook'dt in a
Pamphlet in our Collodion, which (bould have been
iaferted ia the Hiflorjr, Vol. XVI. p. x8 and 31.
Tt the Right HannrehU the CoHMtssioKEK.s */
Parliament «/ St. Albant,
Afy Ltt^s and Gentitrnt/if
'V.
. ' mdns which we received from you this Day, canmiffioncfi rf
exprefling their Readinefsto receive any Particulars, PulUmeiu.
dnd to bear any Witncflcs againft the Gentle men ini-
{■cached by the Army, wc fhall be bold to mind you,
tiiat the Rcmonllrance fcnt to you the laft Night,
to be prcfcnted tothe Houfes, doth cxprcfs the Dc-
lires of the Army to have the Members charged to
be fufpended ffom fitting \n the Houfej which (if '
not granted to us) we know their Intereft and Previ-
hncy if fuch, that wc can expert but ftnall Fruit in a
further Proceeding, except the Defircs of the Army >
be anfwered therein : Kor can we hope for Good to
' the- Kingdom^ or Settlement of an happy Peace, as
N 3 long
L\ _...,C".oogIc
,96.
A P P E N D.I X.
An, «3 C<r I. long as Men of their Inierefts and Prevalency have
t ''^*'^' , Power to juftify themrelves and Prafliccs ; who,that
June, thcymay beableto efFtft it, do endeavour, by all
Means poffibk, to inflame this Kingdom in afecond
Wlir ! to which we fhall be forced, to the uttermoft
of our PoweiJ, to ipply a timely Remedy, as being
the only Way and Means we know of to prevent
the involving this Nation again in Bloody than whicb
nothing is more odious unto us.
By ike Appointment af hit Exctlhnej
Sir Thomas Fairfax and the Coun'
St.AJb.B-,, Ji.i«i4, cU »f ff^ar.
1647.
JOHN RUSHWORTII.
7e thi Right HmaurabU /6< Lord Mayor, Al-
dbkmen an^CoMMON Council </"(*« Cityef
London*
My Lords and Gentlemen^
rrom the fame' W] ^ have in all Things dealt clearly and '
/' '1' "^''^ "'^ *■ plainly with you, and hope we (hall con-
'" *" tinue Hill to do fo. As foon as the worthy Aldermen
and the other two Gentlemen, your Commiffioners,
came the laft Night to us,' we acquainted them with
our Purpofe to draw the flead-Qiiarlers to XJxb'idgt^
that fo we might contrail our Quarters, which have
hitherto lain fcaticred; at which Place we hope to
receive that which wilt be Satisfa^ioa to the King-
dom, and will remove Obftrudtions out of the Wa)'
of Jufticc; wherein, if Right were done, wefliould
let you and all the World fee that we would be fo
far from prefling near your City oi London, it (h<^uld
be indifferent to uk to march not only to the Dif-
lance prefcribed, but to any. Part of the Kingdom
Ve fliould be commanded to by the Parliament.
» We have allied nothing hiiherio but Right, in
the Things that are known, as if they wrirc proved
9n hundred Times before them from whom they
have fought them ; which, if granted^ would not
()nly be a Juflif? to the Army* hut would, let die
■ .. ■'> Kingdom,"
A- P P E N" D I X:
97
Kingdom fee the Fountain in a Way to be cleared* An- ij c»r. ;
without which nothing of Force or Power would 1647.
be a Security to any Man. We wifh the Name of' -^ — *--
Priviligii ntiiynot lie in the Balance, with the Safe- J""**
ty of a Kingdom, and the Reality of a Kingdom,
and the Reality of doing Juftice ; which, as we
luve faid fo often, we cannot expe£t whilll the Pei>
font we have accufed are the Kingdom'* and bur
Judges^ A little Delay will endanger the putting
the Kingdom into Blood : notwithftandtng What
hath been faid, if it be confidered, that in ff^ales, bo-
lides under-hand Workings in yoar City and other
PUcea, Men arc raifed, amd that in nofmaJl Niimber; '
and are not thofe Men in the Parliament, who have
ctHitinued faithful to the Principles of commo:i In- *
tereftfrofri the Beginning of ihit Parliament t> this
very Day^ ftill awed by the Concourfe of Reforntadb
Officers and othera to the Doors ? Expence ' of
-Time will'be their Advantage onlyy'-who intend to
biing evil Purpofes to pals.
We have written this to you for your SatisfaAion,
that (b nothing may be done without giving you a
perfect Account of our Intentions and Ends ; and
flill to continue our Aflurance to you, that, fhould
Ncceffity bring ua nearer to the City, our former
Faith given you ihall be dbferved inviolaUy, there '
being nothingmore (next to the Good of the King-
dom) in our Thoughts and Defires than the Pro*
fperity of your City.
By thf Appeinlment ef his ExctUtrujf
» Sir Thomas Fairfax and tht Ctun^
SirlcIiimAead, cil of ffar.
»JOf*N RUSHWORTH,
Upl.z.U:..GOOgIC
g% APPENDIX.
1. 14 c». 1. In the Eighteenth Volume of this HiftorTt M
"'**• Page 5+5 and 6, ^ere is Mention mvl^ of «n Kftit
'"jimuj! '" t'sffy fent ftom Htiland to the Pirltament of £fig'
* ' ' land, in Order for thtm to flop PtOceedinn Kgainft
the K.ing, i(i regatd to the tiking away bis Life ;
but nothing ii there gircn of what thefe AtnbalTadort
remonflrated to the Parliament on that OccaHen,
. We have fince btlen fovoured wjth the Lo«n of a
curious Manufciiptf communipated by the Rev^
Mr. Netlt, I^eader of Gray'i-Inriy in which this R«*
tnonftrance of the States General ia Included ;
(eemliigty taken from the youpuifr of the Houft,
tha* there is no fuch Matter in the printed Volumes
of them.
We diall give this ^ecdot* . in the fame Fortn It
is in the ManufCrtptf with the fellowihg Infeniori,
wrote in 4 different Hand, on the grft Pwe of it j
fibletving only, that their High MjghtineflM weib
very late in their Interceffion for Mercy, and that
their Remonflrance itfelf is worded in fo dbk ai!4
tender a Manner, a> if they iheaqt that little Good
fhould contf of it. fiy no Means equal to the
|iigh-f|»ritcd Reply ctf the Engllfi Parliament wbid^
foUowsk.
jfFTER Ptru/sl ^ aU or moft tf tht Wfitritty
ir* CtUtHions and Bwki of tbt fivtrtU Authart, te-
^tittgts tbt Civil ffart »f England, fiem 1646 U
ibfsQ., and Starch into tht Pepir Offitt^ ParUamti^
Offcty «rf Journals ef the Hsufe if Cammtns, and Im-
pi&'un ^ /i# Harleian Librar<f, I tieifer cttild fnJi
the Ji/iHving Mimerial ; and, difeuragtdfrtmfindttg
ff in tbt ^ebityts tf tbt Si^ts Gintral, I at loft ftmn^
tht faid Mntmiaiy inter alii, in a VeluTiu I pitrebaftd
«( iht Sale ef Mr. WiJIJam Dickenfon's Library,,
i^tt Surgttn tt St. Thomas's Hnjpital, ftld at Exe-
ter Exchange, An^o 1719.
Memorandum. Tbt abfvi is in Mr. Granger'^
P'riting. ^r. Dickenfon's Cata^Dgwrnay bt fanin,
^^ H^ Joan's Library.
TH
«:.:, Google
A P P E N 6 t. 3^. 09
fV States General's MEMOJtMt UjOp J*«-A>.ne". t
emiilfgs aiamjl Jtitig CkAtLtki I. prifinttd te Ht ' . ''*'• ^
Pdriitmanl, 1648. Jmoity.
^i> ftneriif 26 JanuarU, \ 64S.
Mr. Speaker informed the HoRfe, that Advices
have befD made to bim by fomc Agents from the
AmbaHador of the State's General of tietiandt who
certified him, that Amballadors from the States in '
HaHand Veie at Greenwtebj and defired him n
jcquaint 'this Hoilfe therewith.
Dit Lufue, 19 Jamarli 164S. ' -
A Letter From, the Atnbafladdnof theStateaGe-
Heral at HtSand to the Speaker of the Parliament,
with this Supcrfcription, A Manfwir Manfitur Guil-
laum. Lenthall, E/juitr, Oraltur di f HoiurahU Mai-
fitf dts Cammants du Parliamint rf'Anileterre, was
- t\AiDv/ Tt»A in FrtntbfUiiih.tn£nghJbid.
Trmjbtm tf tbt /aid Lrtttr in Englifh. ,
S 3 R,
* \X7 ^ **" '""'' y"^ *""* *' Letter* of Cre-^T^ g^^ o^
W dence which it hath pleafed our Lords theootl-i Rbmo-
Bute* Gefltral to write to the Honourable Houfc ^'fj^S^""
Coqinwns, and pray you to prefcht the fame with the ^*
firft Convenience, becsufe that yet thii Morning, if
\t be pebble, may be refolved about our Audience ;
which w« demand with fb much the more Infbnce^
boCai4(e we haVe Things to propofe which do con-
cern the Good, Tranquilli^, and Security of this
Kingdom, and the State of the United Provinces j
of which the Intereft, for feveral Confiderations,
}hputd be alfo united, that the fame be not eaTity fe-
paraced ; whereupon we pray God, Sir. to Iceqt you
V) tiit holy Proteaion, and do reft
X»«r mU'tffiaitmud S*rvanht
ADRIEN PAWE,
ALB- JOACHIML
» Refolved,
L;,....,C".OOglc
loo APPEND! X
*"■ ' * S"' '■ * Refoived, that the Ambafladon of the StaHi
'*'*:_. General of the United Provinces of HoUand have
Januvy, Audience in the Houle at Three o'Clock this After-
noon, Mr. AUm^ Mr. Choiantr, Mr. Oldfwsrtb^
Mr. JUartn, and Sir Jtbn Datrueri^ or any two of
them, to confider of Entertainment to be givewto
the Ambzfladbrs.'
The Amba&dors had Audience that THy accord-
ingly.
Die Mariit, 30 fanttariif 1648.
Mr. Speaker reported to the Houlc what was de-
livered by the AmbafTadors.
A Translation of the PboposiTions 9/ the Avi~
BASSADORS,/rOTn the States General, deS-,
I vered in the Houfe^ andfent by them to Mr. Speaker,
Right HonotirabU,
t «-* fj£ gj^j^ General of the United Province! "
M- of the Lmi Countriej, our Superiors, have
fentus into this Kingdom of England^ in the Quali-
ty of their Ambaftadors Extraordinary and Ordinary,
witbOrderExprefs to wifh to this Honourable Af-
fembly of the Parliament of England^ all Frofperity
and Felicity on their Part, as alfo Tranquillity and
Peace to the faid Kingdom, and to the whole Eng-
hjh Nation, with Offer and AlTurance of their true
AiF<;i3ion to their Service and Contentment, and for
tbe common Good of all the People in genera), to
which their High and Mighty do find them llridlly
obliged by the common Intereft between Oiis King-
dom and their States and more particularly by the
Merits and many good .Deeds which have been be^
ftowed by the faid Kingdom, in fevcral and ioipbr-
tant Occafions, to their Sute.
And whereas lincc tbe Beguuiing of the Trou-
bles and Wars in the Lovi Couatrieu the States of
the United Provinces have had a Dcfire to preierve*
chiefly, the Amity and Good-wilt of this Kingdom,
' and that the-fame might be prefcxved into a firm
Peace, Union, and Reft, in Conlideration of its Re-
ligion, Sticngth, Situation, Navigation, Commerce,
and
upiz..j.,G00QIc
■ 'T
A P P E N: Dt I X: ____ioi_
and Traffic, and. the Intereft,9nj^o^£i4«3 in gene-Aiu 14 Car. i.
ral and in parricular* becaufe i^t) by thefe Means, , '** *•
the Good of the Coedidm Caufe might be main- immrT'
taincdand advanced: and particuUrty for the Com-i
fort of the OpprcfTed, by which this redoubtable King-
dom hath heretofore given and (bewn noiable £f—
fe%, and could contribute yet more and more, contir
Duiiig in good pc^ce and .Concord. Their High and.
Mighty do acknowledge ihattheEnemy of the Com-:
mbn Good,' looking twi.ih an envioiis Eye, and ap-
prehending the Profperiiy and greatForces of thisKing-,
dom, have endeavoured, by their fubile Tieatings*
and bad PraSices to fow and bring forth ttie.moll dan-
gerous Seeds of £}ididence and Divifion, which ought-
to be fmoihercd before it (>oth encreafe, and fet forth'
and do more Hurt, b^^caufe it fhould not give Place,,
nor be a Means to the faid common Enemies, thati
the fame Ibouldcome to their Defign, for which they
have laboured long fince ; to wit, for to bring, and
to keep, this Kingdom into Conibuftionj and alfo
being weakened and without Power within, itlbould,
be lefs confiderable for^his Friends without, and. the
lels confiderablC: fipm the Enemy; upon which muft{
follow a Calling-down and BruiGng of alj that hath,- '
been built and made fur< upon its Foundation : The
which arriving, the fame Enemy will enfjeavour.i
without. Doubr, to tn^tnt all Kind of Artitices,iK)C
only for to trouble the two Kingdoms of Great Bri~
tain^ but alfo to fet them into Factions and to make
them fail and confume intointeAine 'Wars.
'Now, the fald Lords the Stales General have;
perceived, withextreme^DifpIeafure and Sorrovf, all-.
which is aforefaid, antj have thought it to be their<
J^ndcavour not to put off Jong, the fending of their-
- Ambaffadors to this Honourable Aflembly of .the Par--
liament ; and with an affeflionate Heart to the Peace,
as alfo for their own Good, and the . greatelt Surely
of [heir State, do offer their Service and Employ
for to help to the taking away of their mutual Diffi-
dence; and (hat all Jeabufy, Mifundet (Ian dings,
ixid Attentates may ceafc which have happened.
' Their
..Cioogic
102 APPENDIX.
A*. M On. I. « Their High and Migh^ drf moreofcr deelarr*
^111 * _ II •■'^'* ^" InteSiion hereby b not to undertake this
bmmt, upon an^ Prefumption that they do intend to meddte
or to intermeddle with the Al^irs of fiich a peat
and potent a Kingdom ; but rather to acquit thcm-
felves of a Cbriftian Office, which bcconlei anttent
J'ricnds, Allies, and neu Neighbour!. And, on the
other Side, for Rcciproquement, to Contribute tA
fuch-like Advice and Affiftacce, the which they hare
in former Timet truly received front this Kingdont
of England, and employ to their great Advantage.
Moieover, their High and Mighty do furely perfuade
thcmfetves that there is no State in Chriftendom
more proper »tyi better difpofed than iheirt ; for, in
the prefent Conftinition of Time and AKura of
£»glaiidt to admonilh and U) perfuade the one and
the other to Peace and amic^tlc Concord, and to
vhom, with Icfi AppKhenfton and Umbrage, may
be given Credit and Belief, being that their fornoing
ASions, as well concerning £e Point of Rengion
as that of the Government, have alwaj s been fuffi-
cicnt Prgofi of the Sincerity of their Intentions and
Proceedings, in regard of the prdent Occafioni of
the Kingdom of MngiatuL
* Forafmuch isconcerm the Afiarri of the Statt
of the faid Lords the States General, they hare
heretofore endeavoured, on Ul Occafions, to (4ea<e
and do agreeable Service to this Kingdom j and per*
Ming yet in the fame good and mofl fmcere Will,
they find themfelves more interefled in its Well-be-
ing and Conftrvation, as much for the Common In-
tweft, as for the notable IntcreA of their State in
particular. The End of their Higih and Mighty
in this Negotiation, is not for torecommend in ap>
peafing of Af&in in a faint and diflembling Man-
ner, and eonvcrfe only with an outward Shew and
little Afllirance within; but an upright and perfcft
Re-union of Hearts, built upon a fure and firm
Foundation of a true Peace and Tranquillity, which
nuy produce a perfcft Cotrerpondence together of
Souls and WU s.
U
u.eiiiz.u:,.G00Qlc
APPENDIX. 103
. It bong thea alio, Rj^t Hooounble, that far^*'{M^- <■
tD obtain fitch a great Good, ai well for thii King- . ,, ' y' , .
dosi a* for our Sutf , it will be eapedicflt, if not jani^i
lUtH^aiy, to put by the Obftade which will render
tb^ Rfmtdiet more difficult, ax increafe the Harma
which are thrcatcnetl from all Pam, to which the
(jud Lord* the 'Staui do judge, thiu thePerfonof
the King i* fo much coniiocrable aa well within as
wiUtout thii Kiqgdom, thft what nujr happen or ar*
live to him, be it for Good or Harm, may fw^etea
1^ make (our the A^irs, and o**ltc a whole Change*
imd that thii Ho^ourablQ Afiemhiy i* fuUy iiifarm'd
bow miich the ^fenceof the King may contribute
to keep the People )n Order, the Kingdom of Grtat*
Britain in Union, and that to every one be given
^1 Sort of Satisfi^ion of Surety, of Honour, and of
Glory, wi^ a total and eternal 0|4ivioa /<tf Thi^^
* And elfewbere there may be many great KitW
and Prince) allied ia Chriftendemi tp tlw which, by
91ood ^d AUian^, bin Royal PcHbn doth belong (a
fioari that they will, wiihout Poubt, much be touch-
ed with ih^t which will be exuaordinarily oi exem-
{tlarily executed to his Petfon; and to the cotitra-
ly, if the King be prefervcd, be will, without
Doubt, qiorf and more be obliged to follow not on-
ly all good Adyice and Counfels, but alfo refer much
to the Negotiation and Intcrceffion of them, who
do nowo^r to be employed for the Good of the
^ Kingdom, and do intercede for the Confcrvation of his
Perfon ; and in Cafe, Right Honourable, that the
Bufinefs fhould go further, (which God forbid) it
would be a Thing irreparable, and to which here-
after how much there Ibould be a Good-willj none
would bring any Remedy, or Sobgement, we do
find us obliged, in the Name of our Superiors, fo
near allied to this Kingdom, Lovers of your Well-
being and ReA, and your true Friends, to make the
Prayermuch intently to this Honourable AHembly,
that the fame will (according to their Power)
keep back all outward Proceedings to the Per-
Ibn of the King, and particularly that no Exe-
cution
...C'.ooglc
I04 A P P E N- D i-'X,
«!(. 24 &V.l.*(Juti6n6edbnt that Will takc'a*s^hi!ft:fcj and the
. ' ' ^' - . Iiiftances for to dt> mote Scr*!c^' contcrning the?
^ftfcna,ji.i^Peicc of thisKriTgdAnii or of' fFie People of En;-
Imjd, and to'come w^hthefirlVrfith' us in outward
Commanicationof ajl that fs to' bcdonei for to ap-
jteafe the contrai-y Humour, fettte^^obd matiial A-
mity anJ Concord, »rtd brrngthis'''Ktri^dom agani
iritothe Weal and Prrfperity in which' our Superiors;
whh'ail their Hearte,- dcfire tw ftlcki'Which they
will ftcond with ill M^ans pfoinWe; ■ -
•" •'Upon *«?fch :' Waiting *a tiaVotafibJe AMwerof
thre Honourable Aflembly, *c rfrt mdy every Hour
to makeOvcrfures more ariiplt to the fante, and, ilF
Need' be, togive, irf another Audience,' Reafoiih
.more efficadoisfd? td declare tbtf ^^effity of the
Confeivation-of the'King's Life; and to contribute
•dl'goodMeansard'GHEce'^fBr tofttffiH -ftch aigreat
' Work, and fo neceflary for the Good of Chrifteib-
■dom.'' ■ -■' V '■',,', '■
' Pronotinced fn thi- Honour (/bli' Hiuji if Cemmoih
' - '. ' ef thf Parliament of EtTglbnd, 'hf the ■AnthoJJi'
dars' Extraerdinhryani Ordinary^ and delhtred
■' ' iii ffriting this ^oth e f January ^ 1648. '
- • 976 ff/ February, 1649.
. Waijubjigntd ADRIEN PAWE, .
AX-B. JOACHIMI.
Ditjeviit i^ F{hruari!,.\64%.
Mr. Sfieaker read the Anfwerof the' %ufe unto
the Ambafladors Ordinaryand Extraordinary from
the States General of .the Ifnitid Previnca^ in' thefe
" Words, viz.
'Right Haifotir alley .'
* \^^ Commons of Enghnd ancmbled in
Parliament, upon dueand ferious Confidcta-
'tion of your Lordfhips Addrefsmadc to thisHoufe
the 29th of fanuary laft, and your Papers prefented
the 30th of the f,ime Month, do, in the firft
Place, return our many and hearty Thanks nnO
■ " the
A P P E N t> I X. loj
' dieHigh andMi^tjr Lordi the States General oftheAo, s^ Cu, I.
. United, Provinces, for- their fundiy good Defires,^ *^^
friendly AeknowIcdgmentSt well WiBics, and fBr'" /^ '
Refpcfls to the Pwliamem and People of £»^imrf, ^^'
in t^fe Papers contained ; eatneftly deOring, on Our
Pans* a firm and durable Continuation of the an-
tient Amity and 'Alliance formerly fnade and -often
renewed betwixt both thefe Nations, whereunto we
• hold ouifelves obliged, ash^ving well weighed and
obfcrved that no I^gues or C^federacies -have at
any Time been made upon Foundations of more
joint and. conjmoii Intercft in every Re(pei3, thaa
tbofe of the People of Eniknd with the Ntthfr-
' landi ; and therefore It 'is our moft carneft Delire
that a firm Pcace^ right Undetftanding, and good . .
' Correlpondence, may be inviblatily mamtain'd be-
twixt both Nations for the prcfent, and moft exa^- ' ■>
'lyobferved fijr the future,
■ ' And whereas your Lordfbips, . in the 'Name of
■ die States Central, do gravely advife us concerning
' thePerfonof the King, who was then in Part, and
' hath iinee been more fully proceeded againft accord-
,''ing'to Juftice, in a Court eflabliAed by the' fu-
-preme Authority of this Nation, for his tranfcend-
' ent OfftilceSt'and tliofe not cbrnmltied in a Corner :
We art confid«m that both the High and Mighty
Lords the States General- of the United Provinces*
and'all other States and Princes who have taken
- Notice of our late Af&irs, will find caufe to. believe
- that nothing hath been done therein, but what is a-
' greeable to pu1>lic Juftice, and the Fundamentals of
' this Nation-; which certainly mult needs be better
known to us than to any other People or Nation' ia
: the VVorld. "
* And we fhall dcfire your Loidfhips wouldj
from us, afliire the High and Mighty Lords the States
General, That we Oiall be ever ready not only to
hear, but to contribute with them all gt»d Means
■ and Offices to fulfill fuch Works as Ihail be n^cef-
' fary for the generat Good of Chriftendom, as well as
for our own.
In ,
_. _...,C".oogIc
It) Vol. SIX. p, 9, of thil HiftoTT) it it fsid that
the Parliament xt M^effminftvr bad rccaivci Advice
^at the Jctff P0riiBii)fH[ itad pcoclaioied Prince
CtdrZfj Kifig of ^ce(j4iffd, (^(, »t' Sdininrgb i Gace
, which W9 ^vr nipt nifb i)w arigjoal Fcrrni of die
Pfoclamatjon, M traoflauid into Frttubf and icprint-'
■c4 in Mtliati4i in m4>fX tg Jet their PrincB and die
Wwkl&fl.«i»h?lTM«B«h«y KrqwJd iJeafatoad-
nijthini, and fifhfcb-t^fwrgtd^ to fubmu <lob»<
fwc bis Cgrpna^w-. ...
■I . D I £ U 9r«(ciTe k B. O Y. . .
A ^ffniurgh le qulnzlsme Jour d? Fevrtefy TAtinf fi
Mule £x ceitfs 2; quarante-neiif (a}.
' nam aJftmhUx t» Veriu £h* Ailf /fy fynatiiffiS A
fiMatff «j!i?« Pfivmir W Jiithtrife dif ^triiff Barlt-
mmdff«itt a_fftmbltr If Pari§mf^% m^4*raati,^ut
ftmmtmvfifm^ ^lu If Riiyrtgtvnt 4TvUrimwlt f't
fftf sfi" dut Mimdf par tint Mart vitieatt (aiftrf It
X>tfovftiy (^ la Prtteji^tson ^ ce Rfijamne : Ei (pU
fw It Btnedi£iion i t3uu un Wfij htritifr ijf iai-
finu Sitictffeur Hsui ait tfti hifsi^ fiJfoMtT C^iule>
^t\wu i^fcoAe 13 dt GaUe», mosnim^nt ^ dt h
Grande Bretagite, {</« Fiance, i^ i\f\uiAK : Otft
'. pturquai neus In EfiaU d^ Purifiptta ^ R^igni
t^ElcoiTe, tmavimtitttfit (;f t'uragffi/ifnini,, m Ct^-'
diratitn tf Rttsnntijfaiitt dt fpttfifftt Titrt ^ Svc-
tt0ta e la Cmrinvtyd* eifditi Jieyavmex, tuHfprteU'
mam par ut Prijtaiiiy t^ pui^anf p tput U i4*fdi
flukiii Signtur 4^ Prina JChari«i e^, par la Pfc^
vidatei dt Ditu, i^ par mi drtit iegUtm (ftim SfttfftM
br Ligtui indutfitabliy Rej dt la Cjnamto BrW|:i>e, dt
FniKe^ (^ (f Irjatide ; a^u4 t0tu l*f Si^tftf dt
It Rtyavmt fim atiigen tfoheir butniiiitmfnt W fi-
diUmtptu (J dt la maifiUiar (J dtftudrt ftlan ft £im-
litnant Natietuulf i3 la Ligui i^ Jlliana Stkm-
nttU
WA rr.j^,u 4, roriiM, at » .
iTttaa.LihairiAt>t\lit,4€mcgraiitM i'Afla-Oi
ncafriiiKrie ADstdrc, iti45<
APPENDIX. * 107
ttSt tntrt Itt Rajmrnus^ dt lean l^iti (f Jt JtHntBUT-n^iuoi
Stent, antn toutj Ju/qua i la Mtrt, tmmt Itw fivl . '^*»- , ,
UrBji SamveraiH SeSgtuw tf R»f. Ei ^aatant tptt ^^^^
Jtt Majtfti ifl tbHgtfy par la Uy it Dtea tf It Ltix ^^*
FandanunUStt 4t tt Rtyaunte^ dtgtuvtriur m Dni-
twrt tl Efuiti, pour f HennmrJe DitUy li Bit" it ta '
' ktBi»n,iS It Profit di fm Peuplt ; W«i declarnut
far ct! Prefeitttt, C^c, dcvant qu'il Iml receu pour
exercerfbnPouvoir Royal, ildoimeraSatii&^on ace
R(^3Utne, fur ccsChofcs quitouchcnt laSeuretede
la Religion, I'Union cntrs les Royuimes,' £t1« Bitn
tc la na dc cc Rojaunir, felon le Convenant tit-
tionnel, & la Liguc k Atliaocc Solemndle ; H ittt
Fins nous avms rtfihi^ avtc ieatt Exftdithn ptffMtf
dtfaire nts bumhlts ii ardtntes Jddrejfes i fa i^jtfli^
tn Ti/tiuii^ dt quej, neus U ParUmtni dn Rgyanmt
<f£fcofle, publiins' nafirt dtut (:f prtftnti Rtcmuif-
Janti tUfnjufit Dnil, Titrt, ilf SutfrJ/iea i la Cow
Ttnnldt (ts Rtjaumts, a la Craix dti Marthi J" Edia-
burg, avtt Utttts les SaleHMiiez accojitmeti en tel Gas :
Et nous ardnnms que fan Nam Reyal^ Pturtraitj (^
"Seti, fira tnis en Ufagt tn taus Efcrits puhlics t^ pra"
tedex dt yaflice de ct Rtyaume, (^ tn la Aiennaje,
tammtmi OMit accaufiime dtfalft a fit Predeteffeurs %
a naut eemTaandeni que tit A&t fail puUii ' tf pr§-
■ Hailti par ttutts Its Craix dt Marehi dti Bavrges Raj-
. aux dant te Reyaumt, ^ qu'H fail im^imi, afin qui
fitrfamtt^tn pftttndt aticunt Caufe i IgntfatKi. .
DIEU prcferve le Roy CHARLES Secood.
Upl.z.U:,.GOOgIc
io8 APPENDIX.
Vtter-npmn. JttrrtR. /rtm th§ Right Heiuurable JamBS Eerl
. , ' ^*'' . «/"Der8y, it Ctmmffary-Gmeralhtxaat up*n bit
]j„jy. Sumrmnt eftbtJJlt of Maxi. (a)
Letter of De(i-*T Rcceivcd your letter with Ind^natioUt and
»Dce to intn, X with ScoTH return you this Atifwcr, Tfaw 1
cannot but wonder whence you Qiould gather Hopes
of me that 1 {hould prove like you* treacherous to
my Sovereign,' fince you cannot be infenfible of the
■ iranifdl' Candour of my former A£linp in hi* late
Majefty's Service, from which Principles of Loyalty I
am no whit departed. I fc'orn your Profer, I dif-
fiain your Favour, I abhor your Treafons ; 1 lai Jb
tar A-om delivering up this llle to your Advantage*
that I will keep it to the utmoft of my Power to your
Deflruftion. Take this for your Bnal Anfwer, and
forbear any. other Sollicitation ^ for if you trouble
me with any more MefTagei of this Nature, I will
bum the Paper and hang the Bearer. This is the
immutable Refolutron, and fhall be the undoubted
Pra^lce, of him who counts it his chiefeft Honour to
Hit Maje/}/t meft hya! and ehtdieni SuhjeHf
f'dJThu Lecierhubtcn ptinteil befme, bM it bitMka t»At
S[Htit of time Caarajt ud di6ntcrcBeJ Loyaltjr, u cwHwt be tM«f-
tcn rcptatid.
.yGoogjc
A l> P E N D I X. tog
II) the Year 1652 a War between Exglmd ind teer-rtpwrn. ,>
lUllaHd commenced, «fter many fiiriUef* Treatie* '' s^ .
fcy Ambafladora, Wf. between the two Repub1!cl» jj^
tiad been held, as is curibrily giveo in our aoih VtJ^
p. 87, «f fi'tre. Tbcfe Affiun, it feem^ had bMH oAC-
reprefcnted by the jDiffcito the reft of jFari^, Which
t^ligcd the Parliament of England to piAliib a De-
claration upon it, together with all the Papen iod
Negotiations that had pafled, and to order that tbty '
Ihould be trailflated into Latin, Duuh^ and Frtntb,
for their own Jultification. It would have too much
cmbarraJTed the Body of our Hiftory to have infoted
tiiele Proceedings in their Series, tbo' the Pamphlet
they are printed in was then in our PoDefiton ; w«
AereFore give it a Place here, obferving, that tbdie
Afiairs are not amongft tburkii Staie-Papen, nor
in any other Collection that we have fecn, The
Title to this Pamphlet runs thus .:
if Declaration «/fi6f Parliament */(£fCffn-
tmnvMahb ef EnglAnd, rating tub* Affairt
and Prtcudingi hetwttn thit Commtawtakb and
the StaUs-Gmtral of tht Unitid Prtvinta tf tht
Ix>w-Countries, ai^ the prtjint DiffirtHtti ttea-
fientd an tht Statis' Part, And tht Anfwir »f tht
Parliament t» Three Papers from tht Ambaffadvrt
Extratrdinar/ tf tht States General, aptn Otta-
Jien ef the laU Tight ietwten the Flettt ; with a
Narralivt tf the lati Engagement between tht
Englifh and Holland Fleet. As alft a CtlURion \
ef tht Prectediagt In tht Treaty bttvitea tht Lard
Pawe, AmbaJfadBr Extratrdinarj fram ibi Slattt .
General ef the United Prtvincet, and the Parlia-
ment tfthe Cemmmvaealth ef England {a).
« I F the Sufferings of the People of the United ^"J^'f^J^
J, Provinces, wider the heavy Yoke of their Op- precesiinK tlw
O2 pnffions,^-**^"*
(«} Triiat the )tfa of Jmij, ifi^i Orieied bf ilie Parliimnit,
Tbit no VtAoa whatroevti, witboul paitlcolai Licence Itoiii ihe Pu-
■ament, do prcfurce to piial the DnrlanCion, intituled, jIDalarmitm
^ lit FarUamat •/ tit Cammnmralib •/ EDfltiid, tdaiinr u the
^AffaWt B*J PrftuJiap itttiMta ihii Cnmmi a v i rrlit and lit Stattt-
Gimtrai, Bk, Dai any the Pipen thnewiih printed, other than (h«
riinc^ to the PirtianKiiI. Hia. SiaiiU, atric. ParUainii.
ZnJta, piintcd bj Jein FittJ, Ptintct to tht Puliuncnt otSrp-
..C'.oogic
no A P P E N P ^ 5C,
ittfi-ntmm, preffions,,bcforetheirDe1ivej?nce froinih^ famftl>T
•^s^l **>* Mercy of Quit be remembered, and ch^Pruict-
*^ • ^tltsftnd Spiril whi«l» Acn a4ted, !n them, an4 the
/eady ipi conQant Help which they have hii in aM
Times from this- Nation, ap^ that, with ^o fgtaJl
SjlpCfice oC £»;^;y& Bl«od and Tjcafti^e, thcRc-
tuin*. which they have made towards this Ccotmon,-
ureaUh wilt hardly be believed.
, * U is not intended to be very particular in men-
'twnivg tlK State ef the Afiaits of this Commono
wealth a« it fiooKt-when opprelTed wjth a Tyrant ;
they weienecefliiated. to fly to Arms for Defence of
,thi!>F Lives snd Eilates, became in Parliament they
(]i4 hutallert and dcfire the fettling of thtirjuilan^
iwtiye Liberties ; wherein, by fomany Wonders, u^
fo.manyfigna1 Battles, by fuch a Series of Proyi-
deoce in England^ Ireknd^aadSMland, tbc Lpt:d w» ■
pleaied to blc<6 a poor Handful, vyho aj^rovecL tbon-
felves faithful tothatCanfe.
' Ncicbenis thac Endeavour to divide them, 'm
. the men»orable. Yew erf Forty- eight, to be omit-
ted ; iwr the great Preparations oia^ againft this
NationintheVcar i6jD, which neceffiutcd tbcir
' Proceedings in Stcilcntit being rcfufed S^tisfa^ion
for fiore-paft Wrongs^ and denied AfTur^ncc of
F^ace from there, who had received the declared £-
^oemyof this Commonwealth from the United Pro-
vin<jei, where thaC mifchievojn Contrivement was
batched againft Englandt and fri^in. whence their £-
neinies had much open and ferret Afliffance by the
IntCfefl of the Prince of Orange and others, even at'
9, Time when that Prince and his Adherents were
coittdving, as was moft probable, to tTt& a Tyran*
nyupon thofe CouRtrJes, and to reduce them tq
their former Bprxiiige, ^ which, he' mifled but. nar-
rowly, efpecially ie his AttcBipt v^vct Amfttrdem^
whichThingsare better known there than here],a{)d
are not the Purpofa of' this Declaration.
* Neither is it picafant to remember that cruel and
bloody I^ulinefs of AmbesnAVamxi^ iht En^lijh, for
which no Satisla^ion at all bitth b«eni'giV;Fn, though
oftta
..Google
APPENDIX.- rii-
^en deinlnded in that Cafe, and in otiien OOt inter- rcgmiD.
iialike k. sJ^!>— '
' Bu^ fwti was the Afieflion of this Nition to- u^^.
«aMJs the People of the L7nited Pitvincei, andio
the Eftablifliment of Liberty, knd tbe A^an»g«s b(
TMffi£ atid Sti^ogtfa toboth { but, above all, to the
AdvancetolKA of the trae Proteftatit Religion Which
both profcl3, and ^hkrh, in tiumdti Pit>babitrty,
would receive the grtat^ .Growth by their Friend-
ship: a&d obfef ?iDg, in Tome of the Governors and
People of thoTeCoaiitriM, an AffedliontothiiCaute,
luid partictilaily ekprefleci by theffl in their fi^e
CodtributioTi for the poor Prottiftants in /f /^lA^, that
lb foonai the AfBirs here-cane, by the BldHng bf
God, to any Cotififtcncy, the Parliament did fend' a
Retidentto thcSunei-Genrral, whoexprcfslyrefufed
to receive bini,as tbemfcives very wellktiow.
The A^airsiicTe being yet further profpbced by
the Aim ghty, and the Airedion and Judgment 'tlie
fame Oill in rcfped of their Ndghboun, the Parlia-
tnent fcnt again, and joined with their Refident there
another worthy Perfon, Dr. Dtrljkut-, who were in-
ftru£ted and enabled to fee if, by any good Means,
a light Underftanding might be had j but one of
thefc |njblic Minifbch, Dr. DmflaUi^ being coAie
upoM this public Employment to the Hagut, the
Plate of Refidence of the States- General, was thtfrc
moft barbaroufly and openly murdered, of whofe
AflaiBnation the World will judge as rf an Aftion
moft abhorred,, againft all Rules of National Inter-
courfe, and even Humanity itfelf ; and how little
wisdone there to, attach the Murderera Whiift the
Bufinefs ¥rai freOi, or hath been done fince, though -
often called upon from herice, ihey well know, and
muft be here remembered.
< On the other Side, the States having formerly
fent their Ambafladors^ the Lords BoreU, Renatua,
and Joachimit into England^ in the Time of the late
Troubles, pretending all good Offices, which pfo-
ved to be a Correfiwndcncc with the Enemy, and a
Means of affiftingthem a^tnft thofe to whom thby
were fent. Tlus, with Kcproaches by them caft
O J upon
, L\ _...,C".ooglc
APPENDIX.
upon the Parliament, was the Work of thofe Am-
tufLdors ; foTwhich, how liable ibevcr b^ the Prac-
tice of Nations they Itft (hemfelves, yet not the Icaft
Incivility ms ofFered to them, but their Dcpieanof
nude known to their Superiws, and Reparation dt~
.fired^ but none voucMaftd.
* Afi^e^ there Paflagfes, wben it had pleafed G*d
to put a full End to th« troublefome A^rs in E»g~
Jaiui, titfi oat Garrifon upon the firm Landbeingin
the Enemy's Haads, nor any Force on Foot ; butall
reduced to Pesce and Settlement ; the AfFatra of Irt'
Jandia a good Condition ; moft of die Towns and
Cities there in the Parliament's Power ; and their
i^Kurs in Sculand not unprofperous ; when there wtu
much lefiCaure to apply to the States, "for any Neid
the Parliament had of tlieir Aflillance, or if they
ihoud have looked upon themlelvM and their Neigh-
bours, as other States ufed to do, yet flil! retaining
the former Principles of Afieflion and Judgment o£
tile great-Concernment, and. Union between the two
Commoflwealths would be to the upholding of the
Protellant Intercft, fo much defigned upon by the
Encmici thereof, and unto commoh Good and Li-
berty.
* * The Parliament did Tend a folemn Embafly to
the States-General,' the Ambafladote cnibied -and
tnftruSed to endeavour to compofe former Diffcroi-
cei, and to eSe& a firm and Arid Union, as far as
might be ci;:nn{lent with Reafon and Jullice, and
the Honour of this Nation, and be for mutual Good.
Nay, they can fay, That thofe AmbaiTadors front
hence were empowered to make fuch Tenders un-
to, and Agreement with, the States, as would have
demonitrated the Afiei3ion of this Commonwealth,
to the Good of the People of the United Provinces,
the fame as to <hemfelves-
< How uiiheartily and dilatorily they were dealt
within relation to their Errand, whereby the Em-
baffy was rendered of no Effedt ; how unfafe (to fay
po more^ they were in their Perfons during their
Abode in the Ncthrrlcndi ; what Indignities were
oSered to them and their FoUvwers, and unpuniibed ;
I and
APPENDIX. ,,3,
and at whofe Door the Fault hereof doihlicf U toolaier-ntutnt.
Apparent. But tbejf Endeavours for Friend(b'p, by 1*5*^
this Delay and Averfcnefson the States Part, be- y' '
coming fruitlcfs, the Honour of this Commonwealth
in the Perfons of their AfnbalTatlora wounded, and
their Defires pf Amity thus flirted, the Arabaila-
dors were recalled home.
' By this, appears what hith been done to procure
a firm League and Amity with the United Provin-
ces, and what honed and flncere Endeavours hav^
been on the Parliament's Pan to eSe£k it ; who, 14
the mean Time, proceeding on to conflI£l witiv
thofe Difficulties which Providence called them un-
to in 5»i/do(/ and Iriiand\ and the fame gracJow
Hand of God which had gape along with them*
having broi^t their ASairs in Irtland toib good'l
Pafs as that little remained tbcie 10 be done ; and
profpering the War in Scatlani, fo as that Countr)r
being in a Manner quitted to them, and the Scoti
Army, under the Command of Cbarlii Siuart, Son
of the late King, marching into England^ was to-
tally defeated at IVtrafttr^ and ahnofl all of them
killed or taken, except himfclf andfome few others
hardly efcaping. ■
'Then, and notbefore, the States-General thought -
fit to fend an EmbafTy to this Commonwealth, whicfc
was received with fuch Willingne^ and Afledtiont
as might tellify for them they Itood iixcd to their
former Prindplci.
* As the Treaty went on, liaving Tome Reafon to
avoid Dilatorinefs, and to dcfire Ceruinty, when po- .
fitivc Demands were prefTed to the States Amb<dla-
dors, they were evaded in Things not of the hardeft
Rcfolution, with Allegations of Want of Power,
thou£^ their Commiffion Aiewed no fuch ReClmint ;
yet, to obtain further Power, Returns muil be made
to their Superiors, and before Anfwers could be had,
the Provincial States muQbe affemblcd, which gave
fmall Grounds of any real Intendment of a tirm
Peace and Amity.
* During the Time of Treaty alfo, whilft at the
* fifft iheir Ambaffadors Debates fcemed to feek no ,
O 4 bcact
L\ _...,C".o6gIc
1:4 A P P E N I X.
Sat4-ntDam< better Props than of Irgenuity and 'k.afati, the An-.
'*^ ^ ftafladora of the Statti acquainte-f ihe Parliament^'
' ' „1 ' that 150 Ship* of War were intended to be'fctout
' by thotr Superiors, bcfidcs ihofe of their Navy then
abroad; and all there pretended for moreSecurity of^
the Sea, and Confervation of the Trade and Navi-
gation of the united Provinces; but not to offend
* Whether this were done to amufe the Parlia-
ment, or to denounce againft them, is to the States
fteft known, and the Grounds of thofe extraordinary
Ind great Preparations, when they had no Enemy at
«1I in thefe Stas.
• To-thefif Things the Parliament made no other
Anfwer, but quietly intended a ProviCon for their
•wn juA Defence, in cafe any ihould invade them,
^everthelefi, not altering thetr Refolutions more ot
lets, as to the Thin^ to be infi&ed upon or granted.
Saving made Juftice and Honour, and a mutual
Good; in Prcfervation and favingof each Rights to
ether, the Rule to fteer their Anions by, who wers
moll willing to come to a happy Clofe.to tbta
.Xreaty, and were not, totheic Knowled{}es, wanting
In any thing wbicb might ttfltfy their Realttjf
10 fintfii the fame.
*• In the mean Time the States go oa with thdir
Freparations at Sea, appoint their feveral Rendez-
vous of their Fleet, tending to a Conjunfiion of all
inWonej under the Command of him n^m they
call Lieutenant- Admiral Trymp : What nis Inten>
tionsOr Inftniflions were, hisown Deportment and
feme precedent A£lions will dcmonflrate. ,
*■ Particularly when, amongft others, lOiie of their
Ships being met by a Man of War, under the Com-
mand of Capt. Tmng, was in a friendly Manner fum-
moned to give the ufual Refpefl. to the Ships of
War of this Nation which another of his Company
|iad done before, and which hath been accuflomcd,
not only as a Civility, and Refpei^, but a principitl
Teflimony of the uqueflionable Right of this Na-
tion to the Dominion and Superiority of the adja<-
(ent Sea$, a^knowlcdgod generally by all tbencjgb<
boM
...Ciooglc
A P P E N D! I: S.
bfSmi State* and Princn, and pstticwliilj'.by iKCiK^-
(olves an^ their Ptedeccllais, bcfixits many meA ait-'
dientic Recordi and other viidcniaUc Prboff, toge-
ther with acbhfFMl Praflloe in Goafirmarion thefe-
of, yd be refused ;effiniiiiigj That, if htiHil, hd
AouM lofe his He2d.
* Not long sftet tbir enfoed tbat fidtim'tA Trrnxf^
the Pafliculars w4iereaf are fet down in the Nana*
tnie herewith printed, by wtnch that boAMc and in-<
^iotis A£l appeals to have been ioac agnift Neigh-i
boKT* in Amity, who have fo often and eatneftty
ikriml, and tdlHfied, their WiVtmgnt(t id firm wd
coBtintie the fame ; and this alb vailed with, 3ni it!
the Mtdfto^s Treaty of Peace oft^redty'hemfetveai
Accompanied aifo withfiich Arrogancyand Injuliicej
.not only to the denying offbunqueftionable-aRigbti
but ufurping upon the fame ; an^ in ProCetrutlAn of
tbat Injury without any Pra*oC3tiOn, ftvking tiut
the Ship! «f this Commonwealdk ifl their owd
Seas, upon their own CoaA, in their own Roads:-^
there falling upon them, beginning a Wdr, and *'qu^
cndeavoaring the DsJliu^ion «f their J^f.en ilnd
Ships, even to- the beatin| ihcmc-M cf ^ne Sea, 'artrf
utter Subverfion of the Naval Pow^r and Tradtfof
■his Commonwealtb, had not God, by his G60(f^
Bcfa, turned the Shame thereof upon the Hcadddf
thofe who were the Wroi^-doers.
» A&erthi&Iong PatieHceoftheComfnmofrwtfjIth
^ £n^^^'an(}afterthele high Injuries and PrOVc^
caiioDs thus forced upon them, - the Succefi at 3^
not anfwering Ejfpefhition, it pleafcd the Statev.
General to fend another Ambaflador Extraordinary
to the Parliament ; who^ as the former Ambaffadort,
jtliitle^bei0rehie coming had done, labouied to ex-
Cufe their Superion from having any Intentiod, or
giving any Inlhudton, by warrant this Dealing';
which, notwithftanding the Preparations, the' re-
turning from another Courfe, and Ifccking out ths
Parlianient's Ships in their own Roads, and there
^ling upon them without the leaffi Provocation, ds
iKforcismemioned, wasyetbyehe AmbaflWcir caf-
)«d»if.A«ident,anda Thing Joiie by iliftteh:arice-j
tbc
...C'.oogic
Il6 _, A P P E N D I X.
«r-inBnn. ^ A^&uin thfrNxme of his Superiors utterly dif^
1651- claimed, yet the Employment and the AgeptConti-'
"TJ: oiied by tbem asd reinforced.
* And when the clear Truth of ihii unwordiy
Fad, bearing io itfelf part of the Proof thereof, fay
the Fleet under the Command of Trump, coming
purpofely into the Road of ftfibn^ unto their Fleet,
and the refl thereof being atteftcd, hot only by mx-
SEye-witnefics, EngliflmtK, but alfo by divers
Ecera, and others of the Nitherlandj taken in the
Fight, who concur fully in the Teflimony, yet z
loi^ and intricate Way of Examination thereof ii
propounded, a Ceflation of ASs of OiTence and Ho-
fiility in the mean Time dcfired, and a new Pro-
ceeding upon thcoldloag Treaty entered into by the
ft^mcr Ambafladors ; Mat Time being thus gained,
an Addition of Strength might therewith be provided.
< The Powers of this AmbalTador being dcfired to
be feen, none but his Credential Letters, and fome
^alTes for his Tranfportition were produced ) but no
Pow'fr to treat ujd conclude with the Parliament;
for whic!: material Point he reforted to the Powers
of theformer Ambafladors, who had Commtffion to
treat and conclude upon the i<emet Negotiation, and
owned this alfo ; and although they, came upon the
general Bufinefs trf" the Treaty of Alliance between .
the two Commonwealths, and the Lord Potiw came
upon a particular A^ion, done after that T-rcaMr be-
Kn and proceeded in, yet fuch was the continued
ifire of the Parliament, ifpollible, to compofe the
(aid late Differences in a friendly Way, that they
proceeded to treat with the Lord Pawe^ waving the
prefent Difpate upon his Want of Powers.
■ And when nothing in piu'ticular was tendered
by the Ambaflador, but the Generals beGore recited,
and a Propo(al, That the Parliament would make
their Demands to him, they were contented, not
inlifling upon the Difadvantage thereof, to make
their Demands unto the AmbaiTador for SatisfaSion
for Wrongs palV, and Security for the future, which
are herewith likewife printed, whereby it was put
into the Hands of the Anibaffador, to come to ao
' Agreement
..CooqIc
A P -P E N p,:J .X. tij
AgrMment upon the Dcmandsof SatUfadions to L.
' by both Parties moderatej and aflerted, as was pro- , ' ^*'
pounded to him in another Paper i.and, upon liich ■
AgreemcDt forSacfsfa^ion, (the Demand for Secu-
rity being left to Aftcr-confiderarionl to have aCef-
lation of all Ads of Hoftility and Oftiince as he de-
iircd, and the Pailiameat was thus willing to allent
unto.
' But inRead of drawing towards any fucll Agree-
ment, or endeavouring to come to Particiilars therein
as was ofFered, the AmbalTBdor was. not plcafed at
alt to fecond or purfue hia former earneft DeHre of
a Ceflation, though it were thus in his own Poi^'er
to accompiifli, but wholly declined the fame; and^
forhimfclf and the other Amsiifiidors, delired fpe^
jdy Audience to take their Leaves, and to' depart into
their own Couniryt being exprefly cohimanded (a*
. they affirmed) (o to do ; and in that they were n6t
<Ienied any Refpe^ or AccommbdaCion, nor ufed,
during their Abode here, as the public Miniflcrs of
this Commonwealth" had bttn in the United Provin-
ces : And by this Departure they were pleafcd to
' put a Period both to the one and the other Treaty.
* At their laft Audience in Parliament, miich w^s
recited of the fame Matter contained in their former .
Papers ; and as to that which they then urged cofi^
jcernJng Afls of Hoftility not looked for, neicherat
any Time before declared i and that their Ships,
brought into the Ports of England, and there de-
tained of late agalnll their Thought, and before thy
Declaration of Hoftility iflued out, and whereof the
Commanders are unware and guiftlefs, having not
given the Icaft, nor to Nobody, Occafion of Difpu^ei
might be releafed, the Parliament therein need but
refer to the Narrative by them publiOicd, and deli-
vered to the Ambafladon of the Lords the States
General, before the Arrival of the Lord Pawe, and
feen by him at his lirft coming.
* And although that firfl Breach and high Injury
donebyTrnm^ was on the Parliament's Pan_alto-
gether undcferved and unlooked for, yet, 'it^t'tbe
fame com;aittcd, a ProfccutionagainiUhe Wrong-
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■ dbeiS could not, in 'Probability, but be looked for
f from the Parties injured, ftom whom no SatisfaAlon
hat^ yet tefcn offered, unlefs the Parliament {howld
fiiietly and tamely have kid themfclves down ai'lhc
eetof thoJc, who have thus endeavoured the Ruin
.oF them, and have betrayed into tWfe Hands the
'Rights slid Safety of the People oT this Nation,
which ftw would have efte«iaed agreeable to the
great Truft in them repofed.
»Bythefe Proceedings, faithfully reprcfented to
die View of ihe Wotld, it will "be more than evi-
dent witn what AfTeiflion and Conftancy the Pirtia*
mcnt have laboured for the yriendlbrp «f the tJnitcd
Provinces ; how carefufly thni avoided all DlSec-
ences and Occafions of k War Between the Katioi^s,
tho' all fuch Overtures of Amity, and neareft Alli-
ance have been rcjei^ed.
* At lafl, wbea tWComtnonwealtli wasaiTaulted
and invatfed, their Shipt lorn, their Mrnflain, with-
out the leaft Cotour of any Offence given ; upon
which Attempts, and the Cbtilequenccs thereof, had
the tame fucceeded, not only the Kig;hts, Honour,
and TrafEc, but even the very Betng of diis Coih-
monwealth had been highly cnilangered j the Parlia-
ment held ft their Du^, thus compelled and ncceffi-
t^ted into a moft unwelcome XV ar begun upon them,
to defend themfelves ; and, whilft a jufl Satisf^^oo
and Security cannot odierwife be had, to endeavour
the gainii^ thereof by Aich Ways and Means whcie-
with the Lord fhall cna'ble them.
* And herein, as the Parliament dod) reft abun-
dantly comforted ih the Integrity of their own Pro-
ceeding, and faithful Dtfcharge of their puty, fb
they aJuire themfelvet that all indiAcrent PerTona
will entertain thb clear Teftimony of the Juflnefs
of their Caufe ; for the IQue whereof they depend
not upon any Policy or Strength of Man, but only
upon the Goodnels and AlGflance of that riehteous
God, who hath hitherto, in fo wonderful a Manner,
appeared for diem^ and who never faHed thole that
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frflkhiin. »* with Uprighlecrs and Sin«iiW rf "^i^!?*
£lfrrtV. Pariumaiti. **•!•
¥^ Akswkr 9/ fttr Paxliawewt »^rA*CoMf
m©nwbaith»/Enoland,?( Three PapsrJ
frtfmtidftlHm bj tht Citmcil af Stett frm iht
Jmta^iukri Extratrdinary tf the Laris ibi SiatiS
G,tMrai af tb* Utiittd PmineiSf uftn Ouafian «f
the lot* rtgti bttvmn tbt FUtti.
« (TpHE Parjiament of the Commonwealth ©f
*■ Enghad, calling to Mindwith what continue^
Denrannutioni of Friendship and (incere ASc^oas,
from the Beginning of their intefline Troubles^ they
have proceeded towards their Ncighhouri of the U»
nited Provinces, omitting, nothing on their Part that
mi^ conduce to a good Correrpondence wilb.tkeai»
and toagrowing up intoamore near andflrift Uait
on than formeilyi do find thcmfelves much furprized
with the unfuitable Returns that have been made
thereunto, and efpecially at the A£ts of HoDiIity
Utclt committed in the wrj Roads of England, upon
the vleet of tlul Commonwealth, the Matter of Fa^t
whcr«>f> ftated tncle^r Proofs, is hereunto annexed.
. Upon ferJouB and deliberate Conlideration of all*
spd of the Gevecal Papers delivered in by your Ex-
cellencies to the CounciE of State, the Parliament
^inks &t to give this Aniwer to thofe Papers :
* The Parliament, as they would be willing to
make a chariuble Conftru^tipn of the Exprdlions ufed
in the faid Papers, endeavouring to reprefent th«
hte Engagement of the Fleets to have happen'd
without the Knowledge, and againfl the Mind, of
your Superiors; fo when (hey confide r how difagreci-
able to that Profelfioi) the Refolutjoni and Anions
of your State and thcii Miniflers at Sea have been*
even in the MiiR of a Treaty offered by them/'elves,
and managed here by your Excellencies -, the ex-
traordinary Preparations of 15Q %n]i.- of Men if
War, without any vifible Occafipp, huC^wi^at ^oth
now appear ajuft Ground of Jealoufy (in i cur 1 wtl
Judgments, when your Ixndflijps pretended to ex-
cule
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' cuft it) J and the InftruSions thcfnftlws given hf
_, your laid Superiors tothcir Commincten atSea, do
find too much Caufe to believe, that the Lord« the ,
States Genera] of the United Provinces have an In-
tention, by Force, to ufurfv the known Rights at
England in the Seas ; to deflroy the Fleets that are,
under God, their Walls and Bulwarks, and thereby
expofe this Co mtnon wealth to Inva&cMi at their
Pleafure, ^s hy this late ASion they have attempted
to do : Whereupon the Pariiament conceive they
are obliged to endeavour, with God's Affiflance, as
they ihall have Opportunity, to feck Reparation of
the Wrongs already fuffered, and Security that the
like be not attempted Tor the future.
* Neverthelefs, with this Mind and Defiie, That
all Difference! betwixt the Nations ihay, if poffible^
be peaceably and friendly compofed, as God by his
Providence Ihall open a Way thereunto, and Cir-
cumllances fhall be conducing to render Tuch £n-
dcavours Icfs dilatory, and more eiFe^uat than tbofe
of this Kind hcietpfore ufed have been.
HENRY SCOBELL,
CUrit. PartiMnwai.
^NaKRATIVE a/ tht iatt En C A GtUEST ItlVlMlt
the Englilh FUtI wtder tbt Ca/tmiantl ef Gtnerai
Blake, on/ the Holland FUa under tbt Command
ff l^irutenant' AJmirai Trump, near Dover.
•TTPON Tuefday tht i8th of Mejiy i6i2t in
K^ the Morning, General Blait being gone to
the Wedward as l^r as Rjt Bay, eight Days before,
with 12 or 13 Ships, leaving Major Beurn in the
DiWni with eight Ships only, there appeared on the
Backfide of the Geodwin a HillandFiect of Men of
War, confifling of42Ship!i, one whereof had a Flag
on the Main- topmad- head, the red Jacks and An-
tients; and being come unto ihe Stuth- Sands- Hrad,
two of ihcffl bore up towards the Englijh Ships in
the Dm/my whereupon " Major Beam fent out the
<?r«}[it0ffn^t<>cxamine'(hcm, and to know theRea-
foR of their fo near Approach} who anfwcring, Tliat
they .
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.dieybaiia MeflS^ to Ac Comminder in Chief inlit
the Dtvins, were permitted to come in { and luvinc
falutcd the Flag, the two Captaini, named 9/7*" »«
JldrtJ^ came aboard the faid Major Btun, and ac*
quainted him. That t^ey were fcnl fay Fm Trump
to let bim know that he had been ridtngabout DkB'
kirk with hU Fleet, where, by Rcafon of foul Wet-
tier, tbey had loft many of their Cables and Andion,
and the Wind being northerly, were driven further
to the Southward than dwy intended, which Van
Tr««^ thought fit to fignify, to prevent any Mifap-
prchenTions or Jcaloufies. And having faid thti,
and received for Anfwer, That the Reality of what
tbey faid would beft , appear by their fpccdy drawing
off from this Coaft, they departed to their Fleet}
and immediately upon their Arrival with ihcm, the
whole Fleet ftood up to Z}«tvr, and came to an
Anchor within little more than Shot of the Caftle
the fame Day in the Afternoon. Upon their coming
before Dovtr Ca{tlc, and riding there with Flag in
the Main-top without faluting the Caflle, the Caftle
made three Shot at them, notwithAanding which the
Dutch Admiral kept up his Flag, and rode there at
Anchor until the next Day Noon, and exercifed hii '
Mufqueteers, by dlfcharging Volleys of Jmall Shot
many Houn together, Upoi} Wtdmjdajt about
Twelve o'clock, the DjiUh Fleet weired Anchor,
and ftood.ofF towards Calais fome four Leagues in-
to the South-£aft : About the fame Time the Ei^lijh
Fleet under General i^/n^f, comingfrom the Weft to-
wards the DnunSt difcovered them, and fuppofed,
by their Courfe, they had been going back. Major
Bii/m likewJfe was in Sigh^* coming from the Dnvni
to join with General Blait. About an Hour or two
-af^r the HtlkndYXttit altered their Courfe, came
back again, made all the Sail tbey could, and bore
direftly with General Blake^ Van Trump the head-
moft, with his Flag in the Main-top, and being
come within Shot, the General £hot a. Gun at his
Main-top, and then two Tingle Shot more ; where-
upon Trump (hot a fingle Shot thro' the General's
Flag, and then iounediaiely gave the firftBroadlide,
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*n6 took in hts Pendants, and hung out his Red Fl^
, under the Hilland Colours, which was the Signal, on
their Part, for the whole Fleet to' engage: And fa
the Fight began, which happened between Four and
Five aCIocJc in d>e Afternoon, and continued un-
til! Nine o'Clock. In the Fight the Englipt took
two of the /fa/i^n^ Fleet, one whereof, having Ij/c
Foot Water in the Hc^d, they left, taking the Ca^'
lain and Oncers aboard, the odicr being a Ship of
thirty Guns. General Blah lay all ^fIghc where
litt T'ght began, or near thereabouts, and the Hal-
land Fleet was ripied about four Leagues dillant t»*
wards the Coaft of Franet next Morning.
The Truth of this Relation appears in the In-
ters of General Biaitt Major Bourn, and others in
the Afiion ; by the Examinations of the Dutch Cap-
tajni, and other (!Mcers taken in the Fight ; the Id-
ilrui^iont given to the Dutch Captains and Com-
mandcts, and other Papers ; all A^h are hereunto
annexed,
*Apd whereas FanTrumfj in the Account he
gives of this Adion makes the Occafion of his com-
tng back uppn the Englifl) Fleet, the guarding of
fome Merchant- i^en, richly laden from theStraitSf
which bad been in Fi^t with fome of our Frigates.
That A^oa is fet down in a Letter, written by
Capt. Tamgy (hereunto alfo Annexed) whereby the
Occafion, &ginning, and Ending thereof, is declar-
ed. And besides, thofe very Ships which he pre-
tends to C9ine to proteA or refcue, upon SaturJaf
before had pafled by General Blaity and were gone
tfy the £aft ward.
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"i
A Collection of th pRocstoiiioa in if>i intr-icfnuai.
Treaty btlviern^the L»rd Pawk, /tmhajprdttr '^s*'
Eliiraordinarf fnm tht States Gbnekal #/"* ' " v;'"^
iht United Previncn, ahd the Parliommt *f tht ^"^
CemTruntoeabb ef Ehgland : Jnd firft,
^2f Z^^Paws^s St>BECH at hh jiadiaut btftrttht
PARLIAMEfIT, r^f lltb if JuM, 1652.
"Right HoMurahle.
■ '■« ^ HE public Teflimonies and manireft Token)
^ of a fincere Benevolence, pure Love, and
thie FHcndlhtp^ which the univerfa] State and Sub-
je£ls ot the United Provinces have always Qlewed to
the Englijh People, and principally to the Partiamcift
of the Commonwealth of England^ now prorperoudjr
aiid happily governing, aie fo ncituriuus and known
to the whole Chciltian World, that Nobody can
doubt of it, mucblefs of a true Faith and lung-ufed
Obfervation of Fiiendlhip of the States General of
the United Provinces.
^ But fofafmuch as, by reafbn of the Variety and
InconOancy of worldly ThipgSt fonietiaie happen <
thdfe Things which do ditlc the exterior Face with
Clouds, and are liketoQiew aDiftra^ionof Minds;
but nhen thefe Things are prevented by TJnie, and
all Contrarieties talten away, they will ferve in<>re to
confervc aiid contiim, than to difTuIve the Bonds'of
mutual Friendfliip ; therefore it hath pleafed the Sratc4
General of the United Provinces my Superiors, not-
withftandingtheydoubt'noc of the fingular Wifdom
and Diligence of their Extraordinary AmbftQadors
here, Haying about great and weighty Bufincfs, to fend
me in an extraordinary EipbalTaf^e to the Parliametit
of the Commonwealth of England, to pre&nt, clear-
ly and Gncerely, their Wiflies Ibrtbe public Safety and
happy Government thereof, with Profier of aUthetC
good Offices, 3^ I, being fo lately come from their
Honourable AlTcmbly, can teltify out of my. certaiir
Knowledge, chat nothing is more in their Hearts
and Wifhcs, than that not ooly a titm and cohflant
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FriendOuj) be relvioufly kept between both States,
J but that it may daily groW) an4 by all Means be
cenfolidated, and noting may happen which mxf
break or anyway diftuib the Bars of mutual Safety*
Piofit, and Fricndfhip, between fo neighbour Na-
tions; and that dierefore they have received, vritfa
great Aftonifhment and Sorrov/of Heart, the Newt
ef what, contrary to all Expe^ation, hath lately
happened between the Admirals of both Comoion*
vcaltha. But forafmuch as this unlotAnd-for and
unexpe£led Cafe might notonly raifcnewTfOublesi
but alfo give Occafion of Sufpicion, as if theprefent
Treaty for a mutual Alliance, and a ftraiter Cor>
fobotation of the old FriCfldlhip, inA Hot earncflly
profecutcd, and therefore we Ihould labour in vaiit
to come to an happy End, my Superiors have not
^ thought ami&, but rather convenient, even neceflary^
that, at this Time, and upon this Unhappy Cafe ^len
oi^ I fliould, above the ordinary Ufe and Cuftom,
and therefore fuperabundantly, (feeing that, byre»>
fon of my Office, 1 have been in all their Councils)
reprefent, openly and lincerely, to the Parliament of
the Commonwealth of England all the PjtrticulaM
which have happened, as well before as after that
Fad, as they are come to their Knowledge, to re-
move all Things obtof the Way wliich might breed
any Grudge or Breach of Friendfhip between both
States, or cuife the leaft DifturbanCe or Delay ttt
the Treaty,
* Therefore, by Virtue of the Credential Letters
of the (aid General States, and In their Name, I
do proteft and declare to the Parliament, of the
Commonwealth of England^ That they have never
entertained in their Thoughts, never a£led. much
lefi commanded, any thing which might offend the
Dimity of this Commonwealth, teflen the ctxnmoa
FriemUhip and good Correfpondence which hath en-
dured for b> many Years, or, under any Pretence
whatibcver, fow any Seed of Mifunderflanding i but
ntherthatthe £ud States have intended with all th«r
Hearts, and endeavoured by ah their Power, that
' ibefaid FneadOtipaiid AlIiuKe might be peri<e£ted
APPENDIX. 125
In the bcft Way, and ipecdUy, znd might be Ci^ltMr-npmau'
Icmnly eftabliOied for ever, for the Safety and Ad- . '^i*'
vantage of both Commonwealths. It is very true t^nti
that a great Fleet hatb been prepared in the LetU
Ctuntriet ; but that the States General bavej by the
continual CompJ^nts of their Subjects, been forced
to content to it, is alfo i Thing moll certain and
known ; asalfo, that they have ordered, Tliat No-
tice thereof Ibould be given to the faid Parliament,
^bich was done and fignified to nd other-Intent, than
that the SubjeAsof the United Provinces, whldihad
fuffered great Damages at Sea, and loft fevera! Sbipt,
fiiould be fccured and protected by juft and ordinary
Means ; and thit no Wrong or OfFence Ihould be
offered to any, much lefs to undertake anyDifpute
againft the Fleet and Ships of the fame Parliament*
upon the Controverfies and Differencci of' the Sea :
Ail which being done and performed In that Manner,
and neverth clefs there Jiaving accidentally happened
of both Sidcsa great Debate and Controverfy between
both Fleetsj the States General have thought fit to
acquaint the Parliament. of England with the Rela-
tion fent to them in Writing by their Admiral, and
approved and witnefied by their Captains, and other
faithful Perfons, That the Admiral Truffi/, more by
Ncceffity than other Reafons, U come nigh the Fleet
(rf this Coifimnnwealth, and hath firft fent his civil
Salutation to the Commander /f^rnj and having af*
terwards met accidentally with the Admiral Biaiti
put out his Boat to fend fome Deputies unto him,
and to declare the Rcafonsolhis Coming, andbefidc)
that, commanded to take down his Flag -, but when
he law that he, againft all £xpe£lation, was unhap-
pily falutcd by him with a Broadfide, he there-
upon difcharged his Guns, not to offend but to
defend bimfelt; and that from thence, by meer Ac-
cident, rather thati purpufely, was raifed a Fight
amongft thofc Fleets, which, by the Lord's BlefBnp'^
' Ihortly after was ended. Which, forafmuch as it
was beeun br an unexpe3cd Salutation, and nut
continued with Earncdncfs by ours, nor done or
committed bjr alienated- Minds, or any Reafons
t a iuiowa
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btec-n^niB, known before, but by Chance, therefore the Slate*
^ , ^^ . General do friendly defire. That the Parliament of
. juae, 'he Commonwealth of England will be plcifed to
believe, and be perfuaded. That noihine wai done
with a confulted Purpofe or foregoing Command ;
butmerely by acafualChance, and perhaps byrealbn
of the Fragility and Inconflancy of the worldly
Things ; and fo much the more dired their Coun-
cils and CommifficHis thither, that all Obllaclet, Of-
fences, and further Wrongs, may, with all Spwd,
be removed out of the Way and prohibited, as the
States General, on their Part, are prompt and ready
to apply convenient Remedies. They judge that it
concerncth muCh the whole Chriflian World, and
principally the States of the Reformed Churches
abroad, that thofe MifundeHlandings do not grow
greater between tbefe Commonwealths, and that
between Neighbours, Partakers of the fame Faith,
(hould arife any Diflention which fhould dillurb and
interrupt the common and neceflary Commerce, and
give Occafiouj as well to their known as to their fe-
cret Enemies, to lay Waits, or to draw into divers
Parts, thofe Commonwealths ready to be united in
a common Alliance ; and, by fuch MeanSf removing
from themfelves the Seat of Calamities and War, to
bring it (which God forbid) to their own Deftrue-
tion. To prevent fo great a Danger, and that tl)e
Evil may not fpread further, I am commanded by
Times to propound, and do all my belt. That, by
convenient Means, there may be a Ipeedy Compofure
made of what is paft, and that there may be Order
taken, that hereafter fuch unlucky and unhappy Cafes
happen no more between the Fleets of both Com-
monwealthsj wherein they delire the Dignity and the
Honour of the Parliament of the Commonwealth
of England may be conferved.
* Whereas then the Slates General do herewith
openly declare to the faid Parliament, That they
defire intirely that all Offices of Friendfliip and &-
nevolence may be continued, the contrary may be
prevented, and that the Councils of all Sides may be
dire^lxd to the dclired End and Conclufion of tjie
mutual
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matual ConrederaCf}' therefore I do earmftly in-i laur-ngown
treat that it may p)ea(c the faid Parliament tohcar and ' ■'{*■
underftand me without any Oelay, by their Depu- """v—
tiei or Council of State, and proceed without Inter- ■''""'
miJBon in the juft and amicable former Tranfac-
tioBS, to bring the principal Bufmcfs to an End and
Condufion* u the extraordinary AmbaHadora of the
States have Charge and ^re ready to do^
• At the fame Time I do return my Thanks fot
the fingular Favour done to my Lard Newfpartf in
granting him fomc Oiyq ago on; of the Parliament**
Ships for his Return into ax Lew Countrw; and the
faid Lord being a Member of the States of HeUand
and iVtft-Fritwhtiit i am charged to dcfire him to
ilay here, to commuicate CounfeU, and return with ,
me \ which I hope will not be difplcaling tothe Par-
liament, to whofe Benevolence I, with ^I RefpeA,
' jecoamend me and all my Offices,
Ta the Parliament a/' (Ae Commonwealth^
Englahd.
■ 4 Translation s^ /A/Litters Credenxia^
te tbcLnd Pa WE.
The StaUt Gtntral tf tht Umttd Prwlncit nf tht
Low Countries,
• "KM Hcreas we have fb,un(^ convenient, even
' ' very neceflary, in the prefcnt Condition of
the Afiaiis in Eurtfitj to fend to th^ Parliament of
(the Commonwealth of England^ the Lord A^ien
Pawtt Km. Lord of IJetmfted, Uo'gerfmUdt, Rit-
unei and Netuiiri, Counfelior Perfionaiy of //«/-
land and ff^e/t- Friezelend, and Ordinary Depu^ in
our Aflembly from the faid Province, as our Ex-
traordinary. Ambafiadorj having made Election of
his Perfon, as of one of which,' for his rare Quali-
ties and long Experince, we make a high Efteem,
and have a great Confidences being well acquainted
with our good and fincere Intentions, which hav9
no Other Aim than the maintaining) iiicrealing, con-
P 3 .firming.
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firming) and ftrenghteniiig, more and moie, the
good Amity, Correfpontience, and Alliance be-
tween both Nations and Statest grounded upon
common Intcrcftsof Religion, of State, and Com-
merce I vhaving fuch Confidence of hts Abilitv, Pru^
dence, Fidelity, and Diligence, that wedoreferour-
fclvcs to bim to eJiprefs them vai^ Foci to the faid
parliament oF the Commonwealth of Ejigtaad^ and
chiefly the Zeal that wc do continue to have iat al)
that may concern the Common Good and Security
of both Nations : Wherefocewc iittreat, wiih Ear-
neftnefs, and with all our AJ?e£Uon, the faid Parlia-
ment of the Commonwealth of England, by thefa
FrcTents, that they be pleafed to give a fi«voiirable
Audience to our faid Extraordinary AmbaOador^
and to give him abfuluie Credence as to ourfelves>
in all that be fhall fay and propound of our Part in
. this prefent Condition of the Affairs of both Com*
mon wealths,
Dtntattbf Hague, /nHolland, tbt t^ibf/]aat^
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Friday, Junt 11, 1651.
Mr. Speaker, by way of Report, acquaints tbfl
parliament with what was delivered by the Lord
Patvtf AmbaHtdor Extraordinary from the L>ordt
the States General of the United Provinces, at his
Audience in the Houfe this Day, and prefented tho
Paper delivered in by the faid Lord Ambaflador E](-
(raurdinary, and the Tranflite therqaf in MfgHAy
which was this Day read,
* Ordered, by die Parliament, That thefc Papers
be referred to the Council of Stale ; and that it be
likewife referred to the faid Cotmcil, to hear what
the faid Lord AmbafTador Extraordinary hath further
to fay, and to treat with him, they holding c'ofe to
the former Anftvers'and Declarations the Parliament
hath m^de, and leport it to the Parliament with all
Speed. HENRY SCOflELL,
Ckrie. pgrliatrunti.
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Th* Lard Pawb's Speech tff bis Jujttaet in tbtUta-nviHt^
CimUtf Stall. 'S" ,
Right HtmurabU,
* IT/ Hereai it hath pUafeJ my Lords the Statts
W General of the United ProwincM to fend
nie, beliJea their Extraordinary Ambafladorsj in the
iaoie Quality, to the Parliantenr of the Common-
wealth uf England; and having Yeftcrdajr had the
Honoiif to declare, in their full Afleiqbly, the true
SubjcA of my Coming, and the fincere latentioai iS
my Superiors^ therefore I think it to be my Duhr
to appciir Iilccwile before this Honourable Counal
to prcfent my Credeniial Letters, and wilh .your
Honours all Felicity and good Succcfi in the Di-
ce^on and Managing o\ fq great Affiura u are
to them committed by this gre^t Comcnon wealth.
And as I have declared unto the faid Pwtument, fo
do I liicewife declare again, wlch Truth and certain
Knowledge, That my Lords the States General haw
always had, and have 2,1 tbis prefent more than at
any Time before, a very great Dtefire to maintain^
increafct and keep faithful the good FricittKhip,'
Arait Alliance, and perle^ Correfpondence, which
hath fd long endured between both Nations and
States, whereof there hath been heretofore maof
notorious and manifelt Tedimoni^. It is mw
pertain that my Superiors have nothing more in
their Hearts, than to fee a Finilhing and Conclufbfl.
of the Treaty of Alliance between bott) Common*
wealths, to the End that thereby a ftraiter Union
and brotherly Concord may be eftablifhed, to fubveit
and deftroy all Plots and Divifioni which weult^
trouble and much endanger tbe one and the oiher«
aa alfo make them lefs confider^ble to the Chriftiaa
.World. This is, my Lords, tfec very Aim of the
Enemies of the reformed and orthodox ReligioQ^
making a certain Account that they will be able, by
fuch a Oifagreement and Divifion, not only t«.
weaken both States, but to bring them alfo to the
utmoft Ei^remities : But both People being biased
by the Lord with that precious Gift of the uue Rein
P 4 gion,
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"^Xt"** ^'°"' "*^ wonderfully provided, bcfrdes the fpir}-
\—~^ .. tuil^ with temporal Benediaions, by the Benefit of
juoB. Navigation and Commerce in all Parts of the Worldj
andmyLords the States General judgingthat the
firft ouglit lieced'arily to be conferved, and the other
bciook'd 10, the Religion maintain'd, and the State
Secured, did believe that all ihofc inconveniences can
be no better prevented, than by joining the Souls
and .Goods of both Commonwealths, and by th(i
Means make thtm able, with God'a Aff.fVance, tp
ihunatl Machinations 'to the contrary. Therefore
■.the Dncxpe£):i;d News of the Meeting of the tsrof
.Elee<sv and ihe Offences given oh both Sides, bath
brought n» ftnal! Trouble amongft ihc Slates Ge-
neral, who have thereupon judged inpit neceflary to
-difpatch, extraordinarily and fpeedily to inform the
ParliamcBt of the CommonweuJlh of England and
this honourable Council; and, to perform fuch Eii-
deavours, inade Choice of me, that hav? been ad-
mitted in both Aflemblies of the States General,
' :andof thofe of Hel/anti and ffi/f Friezrland, and
acquainted with their moft iTHportant and inoft fe-
.Cret Councils and Deliberations, to witncfs here with
raoftcertain Knowledge of the Matter, and no Ie6
Tmth and Faithruli-efj, that no Deliberation was
made, no Refolution taken, no Commiffion, diteflly
orindirefily, glVen to diljilejfc, in any ways, the
Commonwealth of Evghnd to offend them, and
much lefs to fet upon their Fleet or Ships; but that,
on the contrary, there was command given to deal
With them in all Plai-es as with the bed Friends, and
itothew them alllCind of Favour and Courtefy.
; -' Anil as, in the faid unhappy Meeting, Things
Jiatie been on bo:h Sides.oth^rwifc, and very unwa-
Ti!y laed, whereof 1 made Yefterday a large Reiq-
tiOn, which I do not intend M mention again at this
|ircftnt, nor to revive that which ought to be buried
and- entirely forgotten: Notwithftanding, having
underftood, out of theldft Anfwcr delivered to our
AmbalTadbrs, that there is a Satisfai^ion demanded
for^hat is paft, and Security for the future^ and
' my Lords the States conceive it to be necci&ry, that
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all Mifunderftanding and Mifconftrufiitm, of what l««K-tn»»"«
is lately paffed in the (Sid Encounter, may be taken ' ^*' .
avay,antl both States fecured from the like Incon- j^^^
venicnce' hereafter; is alfo that it be pioceeded,
without Delay, in (he continuing and perEc^ing
the Treaty of Alliance fo far advanced idrcady : And,
moreover, that it be confidered of the moll conve-
nient and reafena^lc Means which may remove the
Shadows ol all Sufpicionznd Mifirufl; and that fuch
Orders be made which the Fleets fli all be bound td
fallow hereafter} to which Purpofe I have fufficient
Jnftriiiflions from my Superiors. 1 dcfire therefore
llui it maypleafe ynur Hunours to appoint Ibme of
the Members of this Honourable Cuunci!> witli
.whom 1 may, as fuon as is pofTible, begin, continue,
and linilh that which m4y ferve to the Salisfaiflion
, of both States, ^nd removing of all DitFerences: To
which [ mnl^ ''(Id here, that my Superiors did never
pretend, nor (h>'l pretend, to difpute the Honour
,aiid D(gni[y of this Commonwealth, which they re-
pute the tirft and moll con f|d arable in Eurtpt ; and
.with that, by afi Union of thefc two fDrmidable
Stares, they might fecure them both, prefetve (hem
from the Confpirations of their Enemies, and fettle,
by a perfet^ Inteliigence and Confidence, their com-
|i;on Peace and Safety.
'Iritne mean Time I pray your Honours, that
it rnay pleafc ypu, by your wife Dircilion, to ord?r,
•sfpeedily a^ is pnffib)e, thy the Evil may not, b|y
reafon of thi^ unhappy Atrcidcnt, proceed apy fur*
ther, by coipmitting new Offences, Purfuits, or ta-
king of Ships i but tnat ali Attempts and fuch Ac-
tiousmaybe interdiifted and flopp'd, and not by
making the Wound wider, even incurable, to expoft
ourfetves to the Will jnd Pleafure of our Enemies;
beirig confiJent that we ftiall be able to find conve-
nient Remedies to remove, friendly and happily,
'the prefent Differences, to the Confufion of ihofe
-wh) wifti and exped it athcrwifc, I Ibatl h^ ex-
ceedingly beholden to this Honourable Council, if
-your Honours grant me a fp«edy AnTwer upon thefe,
th«t J majp, without Interiqiffiani begin fo worthy,
profitable*
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wniBoia. prt^HbJe, uid neceflarjF a Wort j comnwuiiii^ mjt-
, '^' , felf, in the mean Time, with 411 Rc^cf^^ to yom
j.-nf Honours Favour.
Pronsmtctd in tit Couitdl §f State ^ the Parlia-
mtnt if tht CommmwMhb of En^md tht\\
6f June, i6ja.
Mondttjj Jtau 14,, 1651.
At tht CouNcit. ^ Statb 4/ Wluteht^.
* In purfuance of an Order of PaTliament of the
nth of ^w, t6jl, the Council hath appointed
the Lord-Corn mifiioner {fbitbch, Lord-Com-
miffioner Zi/7<r, Lord Vifcount Lij^e^ Lord Chief
jHftice St. Jthn, Mr. Bond, Mr. Se^u Col. /*w».
/ev, Sir Hmr', Fane, Sir miliam Majbam, Cd.
Martin^ and Col. MfirUj^ qr any three or more of
them, lo beCommiffioiicrs, to meet with the Lord
favMi Extraordinary Amba&kdor to ifae ParJianifnt
of the Commonwealth of Engiani, from the States
General of the United Provinces, to receive froih
his Excellency fuch Ovcrtores as he (ball pleaie tq
make in Writing, and to confer and treat with h,im
thercupoit, and make Report thereof to the Coun~
ci! ; and that they do meet with the faid Lord Am-
baOador Extraordinary at Four of the Clock this
Afternoon, in the ufua) Place for the Purpofe afor^-
faid, and fo, from Time to Time, as there fhali be
Qccafion ; and that ^.\Qliv€r Flemings Knt. Ma-
fter of the Ceremonies, do fignlfy the fame unto his
Lordlhip, a^d attend him to the Place appointed.
Exam. JO. THURLOE,
Cleni of the Cewuil,
Mandoy, June 14, 1654.
Jt the CouHCli. <f State at Whitehall.
'Ordered, I'hatthe Comraiffionera appointed to
treat with the Lord PoTM, ExtraiLriinary Aoibaila*
dor of the UiHted Provinces, do demand of the fud
Lord AmbafTador a Sight of the Powen and Au*
thoiitics given to him by his Superion, to treat and
conclude
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include uponfuch Matters and Thing* ai h|e hath InV-nftount-
'o offer ; and acquarnt him, that the Parliament de- *'^''
fires that all Speed and Expedition may be ufed ott ' riCT"
his Exorllcncf 's Part in thit prcfent Treaty defired
by himklf ; affuring bis Lordfliip, that nothing fliall
be wanting on the Part of the Council of Stjite, '
which may be any way conducing to bring the iamc.
to a fpeedy IfTtic.
Exam. JO. THURLOE.
Cltrk tf tht Cauncii^
J Svumahj tf what ibi Lwd Aoti.iAu Pawe,
Exiraardtnary Amhajfadtr of tht Sttttu Gtvraie/
tbi XJaittd Praviiitts */ tbi Low Countries, hath
frepBunded t» tht Deputies »/ tif fiannraUt
Council of Suttt tht Pariianuni ?/^ England, tht
Wh «/Junr, i6)2.
•'~|-'HE faid Lord Ambaflador having heretofore
J abundantly decjartd. That the States Ge-
neral (as it.wiJl be fbund, and alvrays appear) have
noways delibtrated, neither in public nor in pri*
vale, much Icfs giv?n any Charge, Orrfer, or Com*
iniffion for committing the leaft Offence againft the
?arliamcnt of the Commonwealth of England, their
leets. Ships. Officers, or Subjcdls j bulratherthey
fliould be Met with the ufual Ciiriiiiies and Kind-
nelTes, and with the ordinary ExprelEons of Friend-
fliip i therefore notie can anywife call into Quer
ftion their fincerc Intentions for the mainuining ai^rf
increafing the antient and common Amity.
* For the fame Reafoo, that cannot he imputed to
the faid States General which happened lately between
both Fleets i nor fiiould thence arifc any Difcontent
or Offence, nor any Caufe of attempting againft
their Suhjcfts, being a Thingdircaiy contrary to tbe
anticnt Friendfhip and Correfpondence between both
Nations: And the faid Encounter hiving happcn'd
by meet Chance, and without any Defign, the faid
Lord Ambaflador hath propounded, whether it wor?
-notbettertolayafidethat which is pad, infomuch
that U fliould be taken of both Sides m » Thing not
done.
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done, and fo all be Icfc as berore; and that thet;e
might a fpcedy Order be taken for the Rcdrefa of
what hach been done fince, in fuch Sort as no ex-
ternal or internal Mark may remain of the fame.
• Neverthclefs, if the Pleafutc of tl\ia Honourable
Council 19 otherwife, although the faiij Amb^flftdor
bath plainly and fincerely related all which b come
to the Knowledge of his Superiors concerning what
is paft, having received, (as alfo ,the other Ambaf-
fidors) bcfidcs the former Informations before his
departing, feveral remarkable and conflderable At-
tellations in prtianti Ptrma, and hath heard th»t
t})cre are quite other and contrary Informations,
Whence it doth appear, that the Parties are difagree-
ing in their Evidences, and lb it is it h^rd Matter to
judge clearly of the YaSt.
* The faid Ambaflador therefore have thought fife
to propound, that the Things pafled fliould be more
cxaSly examined, and neceOaty Informations made
by rither of the PariieB, or conjunctly by both [ that,
after certain Knowledge gotten, the Truth may be
difcovered by CommilBoifcrs fpfcially deputed of
both Sides upon this Master, to know which of thf
two bath made the firft Attempt^ ^nd givefi Caule
to the following Diforders,
*The faid Ambaflador doth declare. That if it
may appear that the Admiral of the State; Gener^
hath made the firft Aflaulr, he fhall not' only be dif-
owned in the like Caffc, and his Fa^ difapproved of
by the faid States General, as having tranfgrcfled
their Orders and Commiflion, but they fhall alfo
caufe him to be punifbed for thC fame, according to
the Importance of his A<^cn)pt> for having difobcy'd
their Co mm and !i, and chiefly for having given jufl
Caufe of Of&nce to their good Friends and Neighi-
bours, Dcfiring alfo of this Honourable Council,
, that if on the contrarj', it be found true, by 'he In-
foriliations, thatthc Admiral of the Coipmonwealth
of England hath given Occafion tothe fai^ Eiicoi^n-
tcr, and hath the firlt aflaulied, it be [ikewife dc*
claied, 1'bat the Parliament wUl in that Cafe difown
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the Jaid Admiral, and command tbe fiune Punifli-
ment n> be put upon him. ^
* It is to be believed that the (incere Intentions of
&e States General will not only appear, and all
Sufpjcions be talten away ; but that the Meani of a
jxid Reparation and neceflary Suisfadion will be
cafily found, other States and Commonvcalths ha-
ving taken the fame Courrc, and followed the fame
Method, with good Succefs; whereof the Lard Am-
bailador hath produced divers Examples.
* And to the End that the like Inconvenience*
may no more happen htreafter, tbe Lord Ambafia-
dor hath declared, that the Sutes General have
never had the lead Intention, nor have yet any at
this Time, to IcHen, in no ways, the Honour and
Dignity of the Parliament of the Commonwealth'of
England; but that they have given Command here-
tofore, as alfo fince the late unhappy Accident, new
Order, that, upon Meetings and Salutings of Cbo
r leeti or Ships of War, concerning the llriking
down of the Flag, and what belong to it, thete
ibould be the fame Honotir done to ihe Parliament
of the (Commonwealth of England, as formerly done
during the other Government, hoping by this Means
to give and receive Content reciprocally.
' And as it is moft neceflary to confirm the mu-
tual Friendship between both Nations, that the Ne-
gotiation of the Treaty between both Common-
wealths be advanced, and brought to an End as foon
as can be, the laid Lord Ambadadorbaih reprefented,
an<i earnestly defired. That fince the Lords Extraor-
dinary Ambafladots have, after divers Conferences,
by their laft Remonftrance, manifefted their Supe-
riors Intention concirrningthc faid Treaty, it (hould
alfo pleafe the Honourable Council to exprefs and
fignify theirs clearly, that it may appear what Dif-
ferences are lit to be reconciled, that all DiiGcultiea
may be removed, to come the fooncr to a good,
firm, and tailing Conclulion, by which the Minds
may be on both Sides pacified, and an everlalling
and indifloluble good Intelligence cflablilhed.
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e»wgm.B, * Moreover, the faid Ambaflador hath \attaa0f
. ''^' . dcfircd, ThM all WaysofFaa and Offences be in-
/ooe. hibited and ftopped by Order of the Honourable
Council ) andi chiefly, thatthcPcrfons, Ships, and
Goods of the Subjeds bf the United Provinces, as
well Miliuiy B» others^ be indifFerently freed and
releaCed from their Reftraint an.tl Detention,' and all
that have been^ or are, by Force detained, be let at
Liberty ; and that the innocents may receive no
more Hurt or TroUblfc^ as we are ready and relblv*d
to do the fame of our Part.
V tThe raid Lord Ambiflador hath alfo dcfired it
nay pleafe the faid Honourable CouiKil to make
knowti to ium, without Lofs of Time, their good
Intentions and Refotutiofl upon what ii abovtfaid j
and chiefly upon the Continuation of the Treaty be-
feun, the Ccfiiition of all Ways of Fa^ upon the
Relaxation of the Ships detained and arrefted, Per-
fons and Goods, oftbeSubjei^ of the United Pro-
vii>ces, feeing he hath lofl no Time to declare fin-
<Cerely from hb Superiors^ and afTurc the faid Ho-
nourable Council of the Continuation of their gpott
A&dioD aad perfe& Friendfhip.'
JutM 14, 1*52,
Jt tbt Council ef State at Whitdhill.
'Ordered^ That die CommiffioDcrs appointed to
Itteat with the Lord Pawty Extraordinary Ambaflk-
\ dor From the Vnked Provinces, do infift upon die
K^t of his Ailtborities before they proceed to this
Treaty.*
*l Paper fitm the Lord Pave^ Jun* 15, 1652.
Tethe Right HstuumbU tbt Council ^Statb,*^"
iht CoMMOHW£ALTH cf ENGLAND.
*npH£ Extraordinary Ambaflador of the States
JL General of the United Provinces having had
the Honour to come twice in Conference with your
Honours CommilSoners, and there to propound fc-
VCrat Tbbgb concerning the Quali^ he cometh in.
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and the te-cAablUhing die good Friendfliip and per-
fe£l Ittteliigcnce of both Nations, intreatedthis Ho-
nuur^le Council that it may plcafe your Honours
to conlider what the faid Commiffioners flgall report,
that be may receive a fpeedy and favourable AnfWer,
as alfo be cxcured from making To much Inftance, fee-
ing that be is forced to it by £e Conjuncture of fuch
prefling Affairs, and for timely preventing of the In-
convenienctcs which might foliowi *
* Whereupon a Conference heing had, the Lord
P'avity to aianlfefl hu Powers to treat and conclude,
inGAed on his Credentials and three PalTeH granted
to Mm, the "Copies Whereof Were by himdelivered in^
and are as fbUowetb:
Tbt Stattt Gmerel »f tht United Netherlands, »
^ thtfi tube JbaB tter thtft Prtfaii rudy ef
/ttf Gralhg:
' IC NOW y*> '*)* w^i to expedite fevera] Af-
"* fainof IniportancC} found .good to dirpatoh
into EngiandAK Lord AAiian PaWt, Km. Lard of
tiiemftidy Htgtrfinildiy Ritivitiy Neu/itri, Coun"
lellor PeniitHiea t>f HtMand and Wtft- Fritzilandt
Deputy Ordinary of Ac faid Provinces to our Af-
ifembly, and for this prdfcnt our Extraordinary Am-
baSador ; therefore we do herewith command and
^equireall Lieutenants, Admirals, Vice -Admirals,
Commanders, and Captain* of the Ships of War of
tbcle Countries hereunto ordained, or by his Excel-
lency to he ordained and commanded. That they
{ball, in their refpeflive ShrpSj receive and tranfporC
theBa^ge of the faid Lord of Hutnfltd mtoEng-
iandf and to do therein all what our did Extraordinary
Afflbaffador of thetn fhall require, accommodating
him duriilg his faid PafTage, in their faid Ships, and
t^fpefltng him according to their Duty. And ha-
ving landed our faid Lord Extraordinary AmbafTa-
dor, wiifa his Train and Goods, 'm. England, to do
andperform further whifthcy jready may be corh-
inand«d, or may yet be willed, as fball be required
« the Hands of thoft tlut h concerns : Of alt which
tbc IJid Lieutcnaots, Admirals, Vice-Admiials,
4 Commanders,
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btteT-icgDoai. Cooimaiulers, and Captains, fliall not fail, tindcf
. 'f^*: . Pain to incur our Higheft Indlgnarion.
t>»it in tht Hague, undtr tut Siol Para^urn
and tht Signaliff-t ef tur Ckrii ibis litl> ff
June, i6j2.
Sfgntd BOACHORST.
Bf Ordtr ^ the I&gh terUt tht Stata GtmrJ.
SigHtd B.RUYSCH*
tin ^lala Gnurai gf tht United Low Gountries,
tt all tbtft that fiMUft* tr biar tht Riading »f
tbtftf Grtrtiug :
^'i/' NOW yc that tiaving found good, for the
J^ Difpatch of A&ira of Importance, to dif»'
natcti into England the Lord Jdrian Pawt, Kat.
Lord oiHtttnfttd, Htrtrfmildt, Riituickt Ntwitri^
and CounfcUor Penfioncr of HeUand and Wtji-
fritktlaiid. Deputy Ordinary of the faid Provincet
in our A&mitly, going in an extnordinary £inbaA
fy i we tberefore Wtlland command tberegpon all
Lieutenants, Admirals, Vice- Admirals, Command*
ttrs and Captains of the Ships of War of thcfe Coun'
tries, That they take in and tranfport the Borage
and Goods of the faid Lord our Ambaflador Extra-
ordinary, in their rcfpeflive Ships, and tranfport the
fame over into England^ in Manner as the faid Lord
Extraordinary AmbalTador (hall defire to tranfporI«
and ashisLordfhip Ihall command and dclite j ac-
commodating alfo his Lordfhrp on Ship- board, and
ufing all Refped to the faid Extraordinary Ambafla-
dor, his Train, and Baggage ; and, having lajidcd
ihcm in England, to do funher as they fhall be
commanded, or already are commanded, or may yet
be commanded, as appertainetb to all that it con-^
c&rncth of all the faid iJeuCenants, AjJmirals, Vice-
Adiiiintls> Commanders, and Capuins, which Ihall
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not perform their Duty, {hall be puniflied according inter-n
to our higbcH Indignation.
Ghenin tht Hague, under tar Calchet sr Stal Pa-
rapburt, and Sign of our CI::rk, en ibe j^tb Day
o/June, 1652. Sisntd BOUCHOR3T.
Bj tht Ordtr ofthefaid Higb and Migbty Lirdt tht
States Gtntral. Signed B. RUVSCH.
The General Statet tf the United Produces tf tht
Low-Counties, it all that ^U/tt theft Pit-
■f^s^ Greeting:
* WJ Hereas, for the Common Good of Chri-
W ftendom, and for the Advancement of
ASi'as of great Conlidciation, Importance, and
Confequence, we have found good to fend towards
the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England^
the Lord Jdrian i*««v, Knt. Lor4- of Beetri^ed, .
HiivfmiUt, RStwickt Nevjkerk, (3c. Counlellor
Pcnfioner of HoUand and fVeJi- Frixtland^ Deputy
in ordinary from this Province in our AITembly, in
Qijality of our Extraordinary AmbaOador, requiring
all Lieutenants, Governors, Chiefs, Colonels, Cap'
tains, and Men of War, Guards of Bridges, Ports, Paf-
iages, and all Places, and, belides, all other Jultices,
OfficeH) and Subje^lis of the faid Communwealih of
Etigland, to fuffer him, with his^Train, Servants,
Followers, Goods, and Baggage, to go, pafs, and
repafs, freely, and without Trouble, boih by Water ■
and Land, without dobg him, or giving him, or
fufcfing to be given him, made, or done, any Trou-
ble, Hindcrance, or Uifturbajice ; but rather all Aid,
Help, Favour, and AlSdance nereHary and lequifiCe,
and thu we would adcnoviledge the lame moft wil-
lingly in Time and Place.
GivtH at, tht Hague, in our AffiMy^ under Bur
Seal Paraphure and Signing ef our Clerk, the
14/i ef June, 1652.
fVai mri'd A. BOUCHORST.
And lower it was written.
By Order cf the faidSlasei Geoeral, viasfigned
B. RUYSCH,
fftlh the Signet cf tht faid General StaUi in red
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.tn-rtsnnm, TuifdaJt JuiU 15, l6S2.
"y^ Ai the Council «/" State at Whitehall.
' Ordered, That Report be made to the Parlia-
ment of what ihe Council have ordered and direi^ed
touching the Conference with the L rd Pawe, Ex-
traordiriatj' AmhaflJdor ff'tn the Lords the States
General, and of the Papers by him delivered to the
Commiffioners tjf the Council, Thatby thefe Papers
it not appearing to the Council that thefaidAm-
bafTador hath any Power to treat or'condude, the.
Council have thought {it humbly to prefent and |^b-
iTiit the whole to the Confideration of the Parlia-
ment for their Judgment thereupon.'
Translation y tbehRTTEVLef tbi Lerd'PAWz
to the Lord- President b/ the Council ef
'■ State.
For my Lard the Earl of Pembroke ar^ Mont-
gomery, Preftdent ef the Council ef Statt ef tht
Commoatveallh ef England,
Mj Lerds, June it, 1651.
* T 1 Aving communicated to my Lords the Am-
X~l baffadors Extraordinary of the United Pro-
vinces to the Parliament of the Commonwealth of
England, what pafled in my Audience and Confer-
ence with the Commiffioners of the Council d
State, and having fhcwed unto them the In({ru£tions
and Orders of my Superiors, they have thought fit
■to addrefs the inclofcd Paper to my Lords of the faid
Council of State : But forafmuch as Sir Oliver Fle-
mings Matter of the Ceremonies, hath fignified unto
me, Thatthcir Excellencies had thought fitto make
a Report of the whole Bufinefs to the Parliament
this Morning, 1 judged it convenient to intreat your
Excellence that the faid Paper may be put into the
Hands of the Reporter, to he communicated (as
well as the other Propofitions and Papers) to ray
lrf)rds of the Parliament. PiayingGod, my Lord,
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'4'
io blefs tbeTe AfEun for his Qloiyand the Profpaity Inter-n.
of both Nations^ I will remain ever ''s*-
* JTaur ExaBtnij'i ni»Jt hamtb Servdnt^ J""**
ADRIAN PAWE.
Tbt Pa^er «/■/&» Three Extraordinart AM-
BAtiADOKSj nUniiimd in the former littler.
My Lords j
* np HE Lord Adrian Ptkoe, Lord of Metmfltdi
M. Atnbaflador Extraordinaiy of the Lnlted
Provinces of the Law Cauntries, having cotnmunica-
ted to us what pafled at the Conferences with the
Commiffianers j and having fbewed tinto us his In- .
ftniftions, and all the Orders of the Lords the States
General of the faid United Provinces, wc would nbt
omit to aOiire your Exrellenclea, that we have found
the ihrbole in as good Form, and as valid, as can be
defired. And we are very well content, by Virtue
of the Povten which have been given usj and exhi--
bited and approv'd, to oblige ourfelves, and fubfcribe
■whatfoever the faid Lord of Hiemjitd hath tranfafled
and negotiated in Profecution of the faid Orders ; as
alfo whatfoever he may tranfaS or negotiate as above,
•either by himfdf or jointly with us, as Iball be
thought moft conducing to the better pcrfc£ting of
the Treaty of Alliance between the Commomwealch
erf' Engiand and the United Provinces of the Lew
Ctuntritt.
Given tkttitb ef Junti 165a.
Thur/day, the i^thof j'an/j 1652, relblvcd, up-,
on the Queftion, by the Parliament, That, upon
Conftderation of the Report made from .the Coun-
cil of State, the Parliament doth think fit and order.
That the Council of State do proceed with the Lord
Pawii Amballador Extraordinary from the Lords
th« States General of the United Provinces, accord-
ing to fonn;r Dirediona.
HEN. SCOBELL,
,-;r. Cieric. ParHaBunli.
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Irwerrenniun. -APaptrrtceiindJymithtLtrd^A-Vtt.i)\itK i;, i65»i
■, * 7i (i< fiijA( Ho^euralie the CaUndUf Slate,
June. ( -^ (J £ AmbaffaiJoi E\tr«6*tfitiaryflf the Statw
•Jl -General of the Uniied Provinces of the Lota
Countrits dods himfelf neci^tated to demand, moft
inlianily, another A<udle»ce of 'tHe Lordl Coihmif-
floners of the HoiiduraUe Council, and that ts foon
as poflible may be, as well to receive from thcnj the
moft defircd Anfart* upon thofe ThiUga that he na'th
akeady propounded in the iaft Conferences, as alio
to make to their Honours, according to the exprcfs
Charge be hath from bi:i Superier^ otbef Over-
tures upon Things of fo higli . Concernraent, that
they can fufFer no Delay : T'hefefor« he defireth
earneflly, that tlris jult I>emaiKt be as fMn flt can
be gianted unto him.'
A7ranjktiim ef the Paptr cf the Ler4 Jmhaffkdtr
Pawe, June 17, 165a.
. * "T* HE Extraordinary Ambafladorof the United
X Provinces bath re-prefented to Aie Lords
Comniffioners of theffonourable Councjl t^ State,
in the third Conference held thisDay, bs foHowcth:
' That the StMcs of the United Provinces 'have
- fhcWedthemfelvei, and are yet refolvci], toremun
fafft ^o the Amky and intimate Correfpondtlict with
this Commoi^eblth, as they have yet of tate made
it appear, by granting, daring thefe FallingE-out,
to the Company of Englifb Merchant Adventurers
fettled in RMiawd^ all the Security and Proteftion
that they have defircd, even with this annexed Pro-
- mife, TocOTitinue in the fame good Will towards ■_
them, ttoughthe Diflemperfhould proceed further.
* That which'happened aboiit OMfwor the Djwai
Ihould not breed a general Quarrel between the two
States i but thatthelatncMifchancefiiould be taken
for a perfona] Action, fortvhtch thdfe'Sre toanfwer
' who fluti be found to have exceeded theit Getnmif-
, fion. .
* And to the End that this fiufinefs might be
compoicd according to the Fad> and the neceflary
SatiV
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Saiisfaflion done, tliat it wtre mod fit and expedi- Inter ref^Hum.
ent to have ic examined by Commilfioiien deputed ^ '^i'-
of both Sides, to have that Petfon puriifiied which ' '.;_„, '
fliall be f,)und .guilty, according to the \Jfe and
Maxims of ail Slates and Commoiiwtfaiths, by which
Me^Rs ttwir Quiet and Trariquilhty, as wcil wiihirt
aa without, with their N^iE^hbours, is conferved.
* Moreover, "diat the Ships of War meeting at
Sea, and ^jehaving tbo,7)f<.lvaa ai before, and during
theTiffl«of the former Governmenf, there fl1.1l) bf
thereupon no more Oifpute herealter.
* And that when the Confederation now to be
done fbaU be concluded, according to ihe earneft
Dejirc of the States Geitera), the Friendfh'p be-
tween both States and their Subjefls fliilt be more
peif«<9, permanenf, confident, and inviolable { ani
the truly orthodox Religion, which ihe^, by God's
rpepiat Favour, do protefs, fliaUhavea mofl potent
and fure Proteaion.
* Tibe faid AmbaSador having again propounded
the aforefatd Means, and havincc added tDihemfe-
Tcral Rcafons and Arguments of great iilrengtji, hath
defired to be informed thereupun uf the Intent of
. the Honourable Council of State, ijfFi?r)/i^ to an-
fwer and ^ve Satisfatflion upon the remaining Dif-
ficulties.
' Or o;herwif*, that it might pleafe the Lords
CommiffiorKrs to confer with him upon that Mat-
ter, or to propound, on their Part, what they may
find to be feafonable and juft, to compos, fjicedily,
. th^t unhappy Accident, promlfmg to contribute, of
his Side, ^t that Iball any ways Le in his Power,
with his moft earneft Intrcaties, Thjt, the Ho-
nourable Council might be, without Delay, ac-
quainted wiihall ; and^that the 7 imc and pretitnt
Afl^<iirs mi^t be fo well hulbanded, that the Bufi-
nefs might be compounded by convenient Ways,
and wiihout Interruption of the public Peace, and
further Exacerbation of the Mindi and Spirits of
both Nations. All which the faid AmbafT^dor hath
tecofnmenied and offered, with much difedlioa, to
prevent aU Provocations and Inconveniencies.' v
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laKr-rcEmun- 7J< ANSWER tf tht Cntncil af State, t» th* Summary
, ' ^*' of the Lerd Adrian Pawe, Extraardlnary Ami
June, hoffadtr tf tht Staiei Geniral tf ibt Vnittd Prtt
vincity frefiiaid to the Cvuntil tht if if tbit
Inftani Tune.
V ■« T T Hat the Thoughts and Judgment of thePaf-
VV lUmetit have been concerning the ]ate Inr
tentions of the Lords yourSupeiiors, and tlielatcAd-
ings of your Fleet within (he very Roads of Engfand,
your Excellency hath underftood by the Parliament'i
Anfwer given unto the ihiee Papers of the Extraor-
dinary Ambafladbri of your Sute, before your Ex-
cellency's Arrivalberc} whichAnfwerjtogether with
the State of the Fa£l, and the Examinations therer
upon had, and then given in, your I^ordfliip takes
Notice of in your Papers now before the Council \
neither doih any Caufe appear to vary from that
TudgmeiK, upon any Thing fuice o^ed by your
Excellency. And fince tb« Attempt made by the
Fleet of the United Provinces, with the Preparations
thereunto (all projei^ed and adcd by way of Sur-
prize, and in a Time of Treaty) had the fame prf-
vailed, would have highly hazarded the Safety of
England, it cannot Hand with Reafon, that this
Commonwealth, after fuch a Warning and great
Prefervation {which they owe only to God) fboul4
leave itfeli naked and expofed to the like Danger for
the future, or fuffi;r itfelf, in a Cafe fo evident an4
notorious, under Pretence of more folemn Exaqiina-
fions, or from Examples of other States, which fuit
not with this Cafe, to be diverted from applying
Remedies agreeable to the Na^re of this Evil: And
therefore the Council caiinot.admit of what is pro-
pounded by your Excellency, either as to the paffifig
by what is done, or 3tte.^ding the Way ofExami-,
pations mentioned in your Papers, which to them,
feem neediefs, dilatory, and impraflicabie.
'Touching the Overture of re-admitting (hcUte
Trcafy, begun by the other Lords Ambaffadors
Extraordinary of youi Nation , after fo high a Breach
li^eifof, w; coaccive it ^MUiot be feafonable, untill
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die Wound, now under Cure, be thoroughly clofcd inur-ngDum. ,
and healed. '«'5»- ,
* And whereas your Excellency hath thought fit *"
frequently to alTcrt the amicable Mind and inten-
tions of the Lords your Supeiiors towards this Com-
monwealth, and hath given Inflanccs of fome late
Orders and Adts, tending to the Expreflion of the
famei fpecially concerning the Honour and Rerped
to be paiJ unto this Commonwealth at Sea, (being
die aniient and undoubted Right ol this Nation] and
granting of the Ptoteflion defired by the Englifh
Merchant, now at Rotttrdam, the Parliament hath
not bcenwanting, onthcirPart, from Time to Time,
tomanifell their Defircs of Amity with the United
Provinces of the Low Countries, nor to afford unto
the People thereof, refiding here, all neceffitry Pro-
te^ion, tbo' undefired. Neverthelefs, in the prefent
Pofturc of AfFairs, it cannot rcafonably beexpeSed,
that this State fhould forbear, the Profecution men-
tioned in the Parliament's faid AnTwer, for the Ends
therein exprefled.
ffbiiehall, Juni 19, I65?.'
4 Tranfiatim af a Paper */ tht LwiAmbaffadsr
Pawe, of th*i »/ ^, dt/irhi a Canftrtnet
with the CommiJJimert of toi Ceuncii ef Statu
7» tht Right HmsurabU Council ef Statfy
« 'T'HE Extraordinary AmbafTddor of the United
■*■ Provinces, having, the rlth of this Inftant,
about the Evening, received by the Hands of Sir
Oliver F{etniigy (be Aofwer which the HonourabJc
Council of State hath been [Jeafed to give him, upon
the Summary of thofe Things by him propounded
ihe l^ih, he findeih hjmfelf bound to riemand, moll
inftantly, another Conference with the Lords Com-
miflioners of the Council, thst he may explain unto
, them more particularly, and more fully, his Supe-
rior's Intentions, and the better perform the Duty
of his Office.' '
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146 APPENDIX.
turet""'"- Jjuthtr Paper »/ the Lard Pawe; tf tbt i.iji af
_ '^^': , June, 1652.
JuM. T» the HaiiourabU Council «/' State,
* 'T'HE Exlraordlnay AmbalTatloror ihc United
X Provinces having, the ?* of furu, in the
Evening, fomcthing late, received, by the Hands of
Sir Oliver Fleming, the Anfwer which the HonouT-
able Council bath been 'pleafed to give him upon the
Summary of the Things propounded the \%ch of dw
iame Month.
'He hath thought himfelf bound, for the bettrr
Performance of ihcDuty of his Employment, to ^-
fert again here ingenuoufly, as he hath done befoce*
according to the Notice and Knowledge he hath of
themoft intimate Deliberations and Confulations of
the States General, his Superiors, that they having
no ways propounded, deliberated, nor refolved, to
give any Sufpicion, or the leait Occafion of Offence,
againlJthe Fleet, or Ships, of this Common wealthy
he did believe that it would have been fufiicient to
take away all Conceits of the contrary ; He hath
alfo truly reprefenced the Accident that happened
between the two Fleets by Daver or xhcDevins, as
it came to the Knowledge of his Superiors by fin-
cere AtteJlations of truliy and blamelefs Perfons ;
and hath, to avoid all further Conteltations, inftead
of infifting upon ihofe Proofs, opened a Way, by
which the true and infallible Knowledge of the fame
might have been found out, and by that Means the
Satisfaction done that could be lawfully pretended.
' Therefore that Mifchancc cannot be any ways
imputed to his Superiors, who never bad the Icaft
Thought, nor in any fort contributed, towards the
Infrai^Ion of the Friendffaip which hath always been
mod dear to them, and lefs towards the Interruption
of the Treaty of Confederation ; for the perfeiling
of which they have had, and have ftill here, their
Extraordinary AmbafTadors.
'That may fuflScicntly appear by the firm and
conAant Kefolution of his Superiors, that have ne-
ver been willing to grant any Letters of Mart or Ke<
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prizal upon the ccntmual Complaints and reiterated 1°'°'-"
Petitions, even Hie Importunities of the Perfons in- ,
terefted in the Ships, taken, arrefted, and confifcated
here, (or Fear of giving any Occalion of Difcontcnt
to this CoiDOionweatth.
• TTic fame is clearly feen by the ProteiSioa
granted to the Englljb Company fettled at Ratler-
aam, (tho' ix fuperabundanti, and they had no Need
of die fame) to exprefs more fpecially their good
Intentions ; the which nuy be alio jultiticd by' all
their A£lions, none of this State having yet, to this
prefcnt, received the IcSft Damage, Offence, or In-
jury, for all the faid Proceedings j even our Ships of
War having rather fufiercd thnnfelves to be broiight
into the Porta of £RfZfW, and there to be detained,
than endeavoured to defend thcmfelves againft thofe
whom they have always made Account lo he their
good Friends, as having never heard of any Publica-
uon to die contrary.
' And to make that Teftimony of FriendOiip the
more authentical to tbii Coaimonwealth, bis Supe-
riors have fent a fecond Extraordinary EmbafTage,
to difabufe all thofe that might be prc-occupated ot
mifinfoimed, ai>d to help the furthering and perfe^-
teg of tbef^ Treaty.
* But in cafe all thofe Overturn and Means of
Reconciliation be rejeAed, and it be refotved here
to make 0(e of thofe Ways, which, inllead of af»
fuaging, ftiall increafe the Evil, and whicti being
againft all Maxims of all States and Common-
wealths, ( who never give their Judgment upo«
Signs, Prefumptions, and SuCpicions, but upon infal-
lible and unreproachable Proofs, and as clear as the
Sun is at Noon j and who, during a Treaty, do al-
wayscommahd, moftftri£l]y,aCeinuion of all Ways
of ra^l) {halt the more furprize my Superiors ^od
caufe ftrange Alarms to their People, by making
thofe fuSer which arc guiltlefs and coming from far,
who never had the lead Sufpicion, or heatd the leaft
Kumour, of a Fatling-out between both States.
' Whereupon the faid AmbalTador mufinecdsbe
very much furprized and forry, dcfiring, That (be
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t48 A P P E N D I X.
iDter-ngntdn. laid l^rds Commiffioiien be pleafed (that no Way
''s*' for a happy Agreemnt may be negle^cd) to pro-
^~~ r„„ ' pound for, on their Part, fomc ©thcr Expedients,
^ (feeing they have expreflcd in their laft Anfwcr ^w
' ven to the other Extraordinary Ambaf&dois, That,
tbt nuft Jwttt IVayi wUl be alwayi tbt mtji pUafing
ft them) which may be fit, fatisfa£toiy, and conveni-
ent, to compofe, as foon as can be, that unhappy
BuCuiefs, and rcftore all Things to their firfl' Tem-
per.
* And that in the mean Time they be alfo plei.fed
to inhibit all WaysofFafl, and to give Order, That
the Ships deuined may be fpeedily fet at Liberty,
praying very earneftly the Honourable Council to
explain their Mind threupon, as alfo to give an
Anfwer upon the laft Articles of the Paper exhibited
the 5' of June, to make him the more able to con-
tribute his beft Offices for the Good and Strengthen-
ing of the two Commonwealths. This *ift oi^
1652.
Jmtber Paper •/ tbt Ltrd Pawe, June 23, 1652.
7*0 the Hatuumile Ceunc'thf State,
f "-j-i HE Extraordinary Ambaflador of the United
i Provinces, confidering the Importance of the
Afiairs now in Hand, ajid imminent Dangers that
threaten both States, is forced to be importunate
with your Honours, in recommending moft earneftly
the Care of your Anfwer upon his laft Conference j
uid intreating you, with all his Aflcilion, that the
feme may be a convenient and lawful Means to
affuage the Differences, and reftore the Union and
perfeft Intelligence between both Commonwealths,
uid their reciprocal Subjcfb. This 'fd trf J^
1652.'
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APPENDIX, iA9
Jit Answer ef the Parliament « that Part ef Int^-^^P"*
the ^ AVV-K givt by the Lard PawE, wbertbi if.
T\
4ifirii the Cammifftmtts ef the Ceuncil to fropeund Jum.
p>bat thejjhall think reafanabU and jufl i» eempoff
fpit£lj the frefent Differences betwien thii Com'
mamutahh and the Lards the Siptei General af thi
fjnittd Prtvinas. Friday (A* i$th nfjunc, 1652.
■* HAT the Lords theStates General of tlB
United Provinces do pay and faiisfy, un-
to this Commonwealth, the Charges and Damages
this State hath fuftained, and been put unto, by the
Preparations of the faid States Genera!, and their At-
tempts this Summer, the Particulars whereof Ihall
be in due Time produced.
II. ' That upon the Payment of the Sum to be
agreed upon as aforcfaid, for Ch^i^es and Damages
or fecuring the fame to ibe SatitfaSion of the Par-
liaipen't, , th^re fhall follow immediately thereupon fi
Ceflation of aH A£ts of HotHlity, andthe Ships and
Goods, taken fincc the late Diflcrences, ihall be re-
leafed.
III. * The two former Propofitions being aflented
unto and put in Execution, the Security for the
Time to ccmie, vfhich the Parliament dties expert,
is by both States contracting a firm Alliance ajid
Confiftency of Intereft for the Good of both j which
the Parliament of ^rr^/anf/ is willing on their Part>
by all juft Ways and Me^ns, to endeavour.
Friday, Jwez^, 1652. At the Council of State
^tWbitehaU, oiAztcA, That the Commtffioners ap-
pointed formerly to meet and treat with the Ix)rd
Pawe, £;(traordinary AmbafTador of the United Pro-
vinces, do deliver unto the faid Lord Ambaffador the
Anfwer of the Parliament of the 25th of June in-
ll^nt, to that Part of the Paper prtfenied unto them
by the Council, from the faid Lord P«iu/, whereby
his Lordlhip doth dcfire the Commiffioners of the
Council to propound what they fhould thin^k reafon-
l^lcsndiufi, to compofe ^cetlily the prefent Dif-
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ferences between this Commonwealth and the tonh
; ' j^*' the Sutcs General of the United Provinces.
)"««! . £xem. JO: THURLOE,
Gtri ^ tht CaniKiL
. JPAtMJLo/ ibtLsrdPAwB, June a6, 165a.
T» the Right Homurabli Cauncil of Slate,
* "|~^ H E Extraordinary AaibafTuJoroftfaeUnited
X Provinces having YeSsrday had a Conrer-
cncc with the Lords CommilliDners of the CounciU'
and received from them two Paptrs upon thefanic
Subjeft, he deilreth earneftly they will be plcafed (d
gre again Order, without llofs of Time, for a ne^
C(»iference with the faid Lords Commit oners, th«t
fomc Things may be better explained and cleare^l
of both Sides, and a fpeedv Compofure made of the
Suiinels. — This *^ of 55 165J.'
AMtbtrVKVKJLtf the LerJVAvrEp the fame Daj,
fo tht Htntkraiie Cewicil tf Statfy
* TP H E Extraordinary Ambaflador of the United
.1 Provincca hath propounded, at a Conference
held the *^th of ^H^ i6j2, with ibe Lords Com-
miffioners of the L<>uncil of State, the following Ar-
tktes:
~ * That the Statu General having been fDrced, for
the Rcafons already allcdged, to make extraordinary
Preparations at Sea, have been put to citceeding
great Charges, which do continue yet at this prc-
fent.
• That their Subjefls, befide the extreme great
Lollcs they have had heretofore at Sea, have recei-
ved very great ones by the Letters of Mart granted
as well againft the French as againft the faid Sub-
jeds of the United Provinces, and upon fome other
Pretences.
* That the State and their Subjects have fuffcred
much, and received great Damages of late, by the
uking and fpoiling of fevetal Ships of War, and by
the arreflinz of all the Merclunts Ships.
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« And rtiat, if a Reimbarfement of ihe Chargei »"»"■»'"■
mtti DiinagaflMwW be thought of, rtwy fljouM be '°^*'
t retgl t cd of bodi St^s one againft the other, and jhs.
ihxt it (beuld bt oonTidered irtiethcT the^ have not
hcttt greaoei dn the Unhed Provincn Side.
' Httwever, then muft t reafonable Eftimation be
InsiAe, atid the Bulincfs not referred to a Prodcrfijon
of Accounts, which recjuireth a long Examination.
* And if the fjjd CommJIBoners be pleafed ta
Icaufe that Ef^imation to be made in moderate Term
on their Part, it u-ill appear from (hence whedier
there U, at this Side, any Willingnefi or Intent to
compoond the Things palled according to Reafon*
knd friendly, or whether there is a Defign to pro-
poimd Things impofliblc and unfeafiblc.
* As concerning the Confederacy between be4h
Commonwealths, and the mutual affifting one aii*-
t*»cr againft thole that flial! offind or affault them,
the other Extraoisiinary Amba-fTadors have made the
truclnteWions of their Superiors krnown thereupon,
and are ready To go en in the fame Negotiation, and
to bring «'to an 'Entt withcut Lofs of Time.
* Ifilbe faid Lords Commiffionen do thinic fit tMt
the fa^ CeiffederBcy fhonld bemore ample and more
Ihtifft, Ihat will not-only be more- pleafing to the faid
Aifthitflidor, but he »lfo intrcateth, very earoeftlj^
tiiat he nay beWearly informed ihemipon.
* Putting at the fame Time into Conli deration,
. 'Whether it will not be moA convenient, even tmft
ncceflary, to give Order that the Fleets do notcome
^ ne&r, nor engage, any more one with the other ; the
Taid Ambtfflador fearing much it fhould fosn be
comtnandfed otberMvays at the other Side, chiefly if
" the abovefatd Order be not fpcedily given here.
■* And dcfirrng, moreover, that the Ships Wblfh
trc arr^ed imay ^be fpeedJIy rtleafed, and tbat no
T'riwmay be any .longer detained j to the Eod ibat
the Mind j of (be People being fomethtn^ pacHied,
tiiifmi^ be-Hthif inviieAhy mutual FriendHbip and
'^L<i¥t,'*id of-flierr ownAtxOTd, than brought by
.C<Hi(fTaitic Ip unite again by tn indifToluble Coi^
• tier*y;
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btet-ntnum. * As alio that the faid Ambaflkdor may recav0
. '^^'' upon t^fe, fo fpeedy and fo favourable a JDedarar
June. >ioii> that be may, with more hopes of Succeft, ufis
hit Endeavours with his Superiors, and effed what,
in this Conjun^ure of Time and Afiatn> ts moft
expedient and necefTary; and that he nay doit
without Delay, according to the expiefs Order b9
hath ftom his faid Superiors, which be is bound to
fi^low exaflly.
' The Council of State having confidered of th«
Paper this Evening delivered in by their Commif-
fioners from the Lord Pawf, Extraordinary Am-
balTador of the Lords the States General of the
United Provinces, and finding therein no clear or
iircH Anfwer to thelaft Paper of I>emanda tender'd
unto his Excellency in the Name of the Parliament,
they do dcfire a fpecdy and pofltive Anfwer there-
unto, at leaft unto the hrft Article thereof ; efpecl-
ally becaufe, that being alTentcd unto, the Council
might fpcedily reply themfclvcs to a reafonable and
moderate afceriaining iheSum; to the End that, im-*
mediately upon Performance of the fecond Article,
all Ads of Hodility might be forborne, and Reili-
tution made of the Ships and Goods deuined. The
third Article, in the Nature thereof, not requiring
fo prefent a Tranlaflion. Ex. JO. THURLOE,
miutaO, 7«M s6. as*- Cleri of tht Cttintil,
A Pafzk frtm the Ltrd Pave, June 27, 1653,
Tothi ihriet-iUuJhtBut Council ef State,
• "X* HE Extraordinary Ambaffador of the United
*• Provinces havingconlidered the Anfwer dp-
livered unto him Ycfterday, at Evenii^ by Sir Oli~
vtrFUming, upon the Conlideiaiions heretofore by
him propounded, doth moft inftantly crave thattl
may pleaTe this thrice-illuftrious Coundl of State to
grant him one other Conference this Afternoon, that
he may more particularly dcdud the Intentions fA
-. his Superiors, and withal likewjfe btiffy both- their
. Excellencies and hit own Duties. - • 1
Signed ADRIAN PaWE.
. *^thofJ!!?l
1052. I
Uigiliz^d.,. Google
A P P E N t) J X. 153
hmhtr Paper of tht Lord Fawe, June 17, 1651. to«r.«gmmi
7i /i# Xi]f£f Hanturahlt tht Council #/■ State. j4^_
• "ITT Hile the Extraordinary Ambaflador of the
VV jUnited Provinces was bufied about the
writing of the Atifwer upon the Paper delivered to
bim Yeftcrday, very late, by Sir Oliver FUmir^,
ftom this Honourable Council, he was, to his great
Grief* informed that this Commonwealth's Fleet
ftom this Honourable Council, he was, to his j
Grief* informed that this Commonwea
-was gone to Sea to execute fome Deiign.
■ The faid Ambaflador hath alfo, by feveral Let'
ters,; received Order from his Superiors, That ia
CaTe^he could not obtain, by all paiEble Endeavours,
the CelTation of Ads of Hoftility, he (hould, frith
all Speed, return bzclc ;^ain into the Lew Cauntriu
to acquaint them with his Nejgotiation,
< And as the Giid Ambaf&dor can advance no
further in the faid Negotiation, of which be was
charged to giTc an Account to his faid Superiors
with all Speed, he therefore defireth to be admitted
To-morrow to take his Leave of this Honourable
Coundl* to go over, at Toon as can be, in the Ship
of War who-eof Jthn Vtrbaef is Captain, who was
commanded to .bring him hither and back again;
and that he may have a Letter, or a Pafs, of the
Honourable Council, to be tranfported over without
any Hindcrance or Trouble, and without being mo-
Icfted oc arrefled by the Parliament's Ships.
* The other Extraordinary AmbalTador having,
in the mean Time, informed and Ihcwed him that
diey had received the like Order and Command,
have intreatcd him to demand, in their Name, that
they may alfo, at the fame Time To-morrow, have
Audience to take their Leave of tlus Honourable
Council ; as ulfo be provided withfuch Ships as they
fliall have Need of for the Tranfport of their Per-
fbns, Train, and Ba^age; as alfo with fuch Pafles
as fhall be neceflary for the Security of their f a^ag^.
* The faid Ambafladar defireth that he mayie-
ceive a fpeedy Anfwer upon thcfe, being a Thing of
very ueat Importance.'
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154 appendix;
. '.^ ' At the Covscilc/Stats at Whitehall.
J*** * Upon Confideratioii of the Report made of the
• Paper delivered in to the Commiffioners this Even-
ing by the Lord Pmve, Extnuirdinary Ambafladoi .
from the United Provjncei, the Council hold them-
feivet obliged to reprcfent the Tame to the Parlia^
BKnt, which dicy Ihall ^ upon Turfiay Momingt
at their firft Sining ; and, in the mean Time, can
give no other Anfwer to 1^ faid Lord Ambal&dor
opon this Subject.
SxMm. JO. THURLOE,
Cltrk tf th* CtutKtl.
APafek t/lii Ltrd P AWB, ^ Jam a, 1652.
Tatbt Right HttwuraMe tbtCouvcihef State,
* ' M'^ H E Extraofdinary Aiaballador of the United
jl Provinces having feco the Anfwer of the
Honourable Council given upon his PropoTition
made Yefierday, hath ihau|^t fit to declare a^in.
That bis Intention Is to do his beft when he uiall
- be arrived in his Country, that, upon the Overiurci
made to him, or can yet be made, there maybe fuch
convenient Means and lit Expedients found, chicly
to make all Mifapprehenfions and Alictutions of
Minds, as well as all A&.of Hofiility, ccafe ; that
a fair Agreement upon the Bulkiefs paA, and cn^-
fequently a Jinn Union and Confederacy between
both States, aa alfo a good Settlement between bod)
Nations, may enfue, from which their own Profpc-
lity and Happinefs may £ow> and all Inconvcnieoqis
be prevented for the future.
* And as his Refolution is godly, honeR, zijd, if
it fuccecdetb, nufl conducing to the Common Safe-
ty i as alio that it muft be ffieedily, and t>efare '
Things proceed further, put ia Execution :
' The (aid AmbaHador defireth that it mi^ pleafe
the Honourable Council to weigh all tfaefe, and to
order that allinay be done that may be for that Pur-
pole, towaidsthepromotingof thcfame.
•And
Upl.z.U:..GOOglc
A P P E- N D I X. , t^j
•An4 as the Time it ffloA Qrccious, ii trlU' betucr-f^HA.
«ry neccflary that he may fpeedily be admitted to ^^ "rtt«-^ ^
his Audiences ; as atfo he maj- foonhave the fit Ex- ' '•' ' "
podiiions <micerniiig the Ship that brought bim^
and flayeth for his Return xc Grateftnd, to bring
tiiin baclc again into the Itow-Ceunlrint withf thp
PaA he huh demanded for his Security, and to aroid
all Micfoitiines that might at(ctt htm at Sea.
* The faid Ambaflador doth wnuUy perAiade bixiu
felf that the Hon'Juri>ble Council will be pleafcd to
f ivc Order, Th^t, in Con fide racioi) of hia.Qu^Lor|
e be ufed in the fame Manner at his Depsrtnr^
and taking of bis Leave, as he hath been at his C^
iming and Receptioo, &>t which Favour be tbukctb
t)ic Hoaourah)c Council vofiH kindly.'
j^ier Paper. «/ A* fante Datt.
Ti the ^gbt HowMratlt the Caundl tf Statf,
THE Extraordiai 'y AmbafTador hath thought
fit to pjropound here, whether this Honour-
sble Council could not approve. That, after his Re-
port (i^^de to the Lords the States General, his Se>
crctaryor fame other faithful Perfon, {houldbe fciic
to maintain and foment the mutual Corrcfpondence,
aiid deliver, as well as receive fromboth States, what
inay ferve to the compounding of Tbinga paft, tiid
lindto the re-ell^btifliingaf the Union an^ Con£^
^cracy. ' ' , ,
* Andwhethec, tothisEnd.theHotiouiJtMe CouiH
Citwould ie pleafcd to command fuch PaHes tob«
. gtanted, by Virtu* of which be might freely and
iafely come back and Hay here, as long as ibe Par-
liament of the Commonweaith of Engtituls or tlw
Lords tbc Ststqi Qcnejal, ma^ And it convenient.
« Or otherwifif. That it may plealie 'he Hoaoor- .
qble Cotmcil to name oi denote here fomebodjr
tiiat be agreeable to themt and fit to receive ^<
Letters thai might be written upon that Subjo^ ao^
(o folTicit the Anfwers thcteuflto.*-
Yot.xxni. R; A
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APPENDIX.
4fAft% if At itret AMBASSADORS, Jatel '
Jiuie^S, 1652.
Xf fhi CovvciL «/$TATB rfttt Cammananalth
WHcreastRttie Amb^fladors of the Lords the
Slates of the United Province* of the Lew
Ctuntriti, by their taft Letters, have received Order,
vithout any DeU}-, to make HaAe again to our
Country, ard ihere to give an Account of what we
Invc here done i we therefore do carneftly pray this
Senate to fufier us that we talcc as it betitB u^ Leave
ef thismoft illudrioiu AlTemblyt ^nd may have Ships
Hat may conveniently lerve for our own Tranfpor-
tation, and for that of our Train ind Goods ; and
befides, that flich fafc Condudi or PafTes be granted
US that may mik* our Journeyfiifc. fjere' are fotne
pf our Ships ready, viz. Capt, yatpdm Bc/Tf fritl^
|tire$ fnialler VeJfeb of the City of Dtrt.
ri. CATS.
■ Signedi G. SCHAEP.
• iVANpEPERRE, '
pkr Lord Pawb<s Sf>ech in Parliameutt at hh
taking Ltevtf June 30, 1^52}
Right HanaarabU^
' np' HE S(ate( General of the United Provineaj
M of the Ltw ikuKiriis have ficH fcnt i^eic
Extraordinary Ambaflaiiois tu the I'ailiament of ih^
CommonweaJth of Epgland. to ili> 'heir earnefl Ed-
^eavuurs (or the ftrengt^ening ajd confirining of the
Sntient Aniityand Fneni^Aii|j between bjlb'NationSf
And fur the cflablithing if an everialling Alliancf
between both States, and to bring ihofe Things to
a happy Conclufion for the cc-mmon Utility and S^r
Curity ; and afterwa^ids the Loid William Niwft'tf
s Member pf (he States of Halland and Iftfi-
friexeiai$i/, to talce away fome Doubts, and to wit^
IKfi more fully of the good Intentions of our Su>
Mtiors cooccining tne Tifil/ of '<?anfederac/.
' " ■ ■■ 'At
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APPENDIX. 1J7
* At lift it hatb pleifcdthe faid Lord) the States lattcMiawM,
to prepare, fome few Days ago, a new ExCraordiiur^ ''s*^
Embal&geto the faid Parliament, and tg give me ' ' i " ' ^
that Employment, with an exprefi Coninand to
bear again, over and aboYc, Witnefs of their faithful
Dealing, aixl of their mofl ilncere Intention toward?
Ibis (.^oinmon wealth, and to diflblve and remove aQ
^ ftrange and unthoi^t of Accidents, and all the
Stoppings and Hindennces thereby caufed and oppo-
fiid to t^ir good Intent i by which Means X might,
by alt my Endeavours, promote to a happy Condu-
fion the Treaty of Alliance already begun.
* To that End it hath been propounded, amongft
other Thii^, That there ibould h<e an inquiry
and Examination made, by £t Perfixu of both Com-
monwealtba, of all that lately pafled and wa* donp >
between the two FIcctj without any Defign, but by
meer Chance, tmd a juft and lawful Satii&dion Bar-
ted i for we do witnclit and protcft before Qod and aQ
the Chriftiao World, asweltaiinthePrefence of the
ParlijiDieM of ^ Commonwealth of £t;p/«iK/,'That
the States have not had the Icaft Mind ^ offisndine
DTtroublii^ ^uCoqimonweahb, muchlefs of com-
mitting any HoAilityagainftibemi but rathei that
they have had nothu^ more iq their Hcam than to
enteruln and maintain, with this Sut«, a)! trap
FrietidDup and firm Peace, even to come to a ftri£t-
er Union and Confederacy with them.
* Bat as It bath unha[^ly happened that, after
extn^rdinary Pains taken, and all die heft Endcar-
ytym done of all Sides, to conferve the common
Quiet, and remove all Hioderances, botit Embaf-
bges have not only mifledtbeir Ends, but that, to the
contrary, not only great Troubles have been given,
extraordinary Lolles have been caufed, but hnge
Dangers : as alfo A£U of Hoftility not looked fw,
natber at any Time before declared, ate thretitened
frmt the Englijb Fleet to the States of the Unittd
Provinces.
* Both ^ballagea bath, dwug^t fit, to prevent
the enfubg Evils, and upon a Btmnefs fo uaufu^, to
ffiuit into thar own Country, to give snAccount
1t» of
L\ _...,Ck")ogIc
158 A P P E N P I 3p.
tnt^-miiun. of their Negotiation to theit Superiors,' and to b«
. ' ' , acquainted with their fuither Commands.
Imk, ' T^o that End Vfje do pccfent ourlalves together
totbc Supiein^ ftvthofity of this Commiiiive'ahht
;;uid declaie. That wc bsve a Contmand to retufti
ttack. and that ve are re^dy 10 taEe our Journey'. '
' We have given Notice to the' Honourablg
Coua^il if State of this Comnionweahh of tho^
Things that are ncccdai]^ tg us i<>r our Tranfport^
according tn out Quality and the Seafbn, and do
loo^i^d wait for an Aiifwei; thereupon, hoping; th^f
.^e nccel^ry Expeditiooc ^hall be dont. "
' In thj; mean TiOB. We canoot be wanting to OU
?ut)i, h^t arefoieedagaih to'dcfirc sioft Varneftlyj
ijqt'all our $h^>e. that have been brpughl into (he
^orts of ^^n^^*^, ajid there detained oi lateagainft
our Tti9ughti, and before any pedaratjon of Hoft^
lity iSued out, and vbkCrcof the Cooimanders are
liii^uiares and giu)tlt&> haying nfM gtyen t^ leaflv'
'tor to Nobody, Occa&eit eif Ijifpute; maybe relea-
fed and fuffercd to go fieely, vfitb fheU Officers,
Mariners, KflerchxtidtBes, Packs, and Loads, anj
• the whptc Conjpwiy, and to perform' their Journey
^ithoi^t vty Wrongi.or Injury ; which ve do pre-
terul to'l^ due to our cJd. friendihip, to the Right
,of Nations, il^d have been obCerved betw«er> Chri-
fiian Peoplie, as well as wp hol;e to have icgranted
W i^q. Jp^icp and Equjtf of thia great ana mofl!
Honuurablp A(I«inbly. ' ■ ■- '
• *FMrt,he'rmQre, wcdo intreaf, with all our Hearts,
thegrpat pod v£ I-k^ivenT who jtthe AiKhOf and
FronAotcr of^ PcAte and' Concordance, that he wil^
\c pl^afcd to afford Aich Thought and' Couafel to
the l^arlbi)>eot of the Common wealth of England^
It Q^ay tend -to the muiual Peace of bo^ States, to
the , Cugvi;Tfat(gn of the Ghrillian, Reformed, ami
Qj.tho4ox ReligioBf vhicti hath no better Pounda-"
(ionftthvi. upoi) Peace, and can never better thrive
.Und 5ow:i(h thlD by Peace, and wU), without anjr
Doubt, be affii£tcd and deffroyed by our Troublea
M^-Jr^lLings-Qut i M aUa-thar be wiHj in his^ ftAercy,
if^XHA^ ]tlcfiru£ik>B» aqd MirerieaofWart, arid
Mow
APPENDIX., 1^51
t>eftow abundantly his heavenly BleAngi upon both Wr-RcnaB.
CommonweiUthB. We ftall end upon thefe Wiflies, ''5*- - ..
and being commiMidcd to I'cpair in Hifte into our; " "j,^
Gbuntty, we Ihall, with all tiianltful Acknowledge-'
inent for ail Favours done to us, Rti well ii with all
due Refpe^, take our Leave of this moft Honour- .
able sind Buprcitie A^l^bly of the Cc»nnion wealth
of Bngland, with Confidence that titej* Will not
4eny us thofe Thing! which we htve alrcadjr cxpref*
fed, and are granted cVery where to the Atafoafiadors
Ux their Quality and Security;
PmuunteJ md dtHvtred te tht Put-ltaihtnt tf tf>t
CtmmmtvDealtb , af England, ihe [; 'f ^i
1652, hj tht ExtratrdinOfj ^iiffadsrs tf- tot
Staut GfiitrM ^ tin XJviui PreVincti,
* We do tteddes deliver a Pfciitioni put itito our
Hands by the Dnich Mercha^^, dcliring they mty
ei^oy the fame Security and PrcWeAibn vrhicH hath
been lately granted, in'the heft ¥ciih, to tht Ett£!i^
Merchants in oUr Provinces.
* We defire alfo, at laft, That, bfefides the two
t>iachMein^ War, thefe OidutdKeandtherof thofe
that are in the Dntrns gntnted ta us Ibf our PafTage,
feeing we are a very great Company, wherein are
tome Women of Quality, wilh ttiuch Carria^,
which will put us to prdt Inconveniences, bciides
the Heat of tfait Seafont except Wc be fitted wid) diq .
faid Ship.',
ThbUjH
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APPENDIX.
Though OromtuWs Speech to his Convcntiotf
Parliament, in Vol. XX. p. iSXtJunt^ 1653, be
long winded enough, ytX the donclufiort of it ffu
omitted inourCopjr. We havefince been enabled
to Aipply that Oeftdfirom another, which will MI
inat p. 175, Ai^Mt.
* * —I have only diii to % further, That the
* Affainof the Nauon laying on our Hands to be
' taken Care of, and knowing that both the Afiairs
* at Sea, the Armies in Jrttmd and ScttlaKdt and
* the providing of Things for the preventing of lit-
* convenienco, and the anfwering of all Emergpn-
* aes, did require (hat there fliould be no Inter-
* niptioni but that Careou^t to be ukenfbrtheJe
* Tilings. And forefeeinglikewile, that, before you
* could digcft yourfelnt into fuch a Method at yoa
■ may ihim: beft, both for I^ace, Time, and other
* Circumftancet in the way you fhall propoTe to
* proceed in, you would afk banc Time, which the
* Commonwnlth would not heir. In rcTped of the
* manwing of Things, I have, within a Week, fet
* up a Council of State, to whom the naiu^ing of
* ASiisi is committed; who, I may fay, very volun*
' tarih and freely^ before they fee how the Ifiue of
* Things would be, engi^ed themfelves in Bnfineft,
* d^or qine of tbem beii^Membcre of the Houle
* diat late was. I lay, I did ezercife that Power
* that I thought wu devolved upon me at that Time,
* to dw End that Al&in might not have any Inter-
* vat: And now, when you are met, itwillafk feme
* Time for the fetiJing <rf your Affairs, and your
* Way, and a D^ cannot be kifl, but to be in a
■ contmu^ Council till fuch Time'as you fliall take
* foftber Order j fo that the whole Matter of thnr
* Conridcraiions are alfo at your Difpo&l, as yon
* finll Jec Caufe ; and tbercforc I thought it my
* Duty to acquaint you with thus much, that you
* may not be diftraSed in your Way, that Thii^
* have bem thus (wdcred, that your Affairs will gw
■ on tin yoa fte CauTe to alter this Council, ihqr
* having no Authority^ nor longer to £t than unliU
* you Sw\ takcfutther Order.' At
A t> p E if b 1 :Jc. i6t .
At'Page6i, Vol, XXI. of this Hiftoiy, there t> bw-xviitti^
iui H<i"«rtmadc, by Want of the Protcflor'a Speedi . '?i*-^'
to a CbtnmittM of Patliiiheht at H^iubail, upon AiiL
Frt^of, rfjftri/ 3 , 1657. This Speech hai fince fallea
[nfio our Hands, t<^ethcr With another of the fame
Perron's, whEth he made to anot&er Committee of hit
Parliament appoirtted to wait on hiol at ffhittbaSy
On the 8th of the fame Moilth, of ifrKich there it
bnty in Ahftrad given In the Hiftol^ at t'age6a.
Thcfc two Speeches, therefore^ we diall [tlaefe tdgii*
ihcT as follow? :
T&PRotccTdits SPEECti ti aCthmuliitefPar-'
lanMt in Whitehall^ vpai Fridajr ib* jtf tf
April, 165;. ,
My Lerdty
^ I Am heattilf forry I aid not make thf l)elirtk (^M^mjr,
A known 16 the Parliament bcforle thii TimctSfAtcbteiCMi*
which wis. That I acquainted you with by Letter ^^ ■',''**
thit bay. The Rcafon was, becaufe Come Infirmity
of Body had feiied upon me thcfc two laft Days,
Vefterday and iVtdnefday. I have^ as well u I
touldj taten Confideration ot ihe Things conuined
in this {^aper, which was prefentedto ftic by the Par-
liamcfit, oh Tuefday laft, in the Banquetting-Houfi^
arid have fuught Ood that I might return fuch an
Anfwer as mid» become me^ andbewoithy of the '
Parliament. I muft needs bear this Tcftimony to
Vou, that you have btfen zealous of the two.greateft
Cobcernments that God hath in the W'orld ; the
<in^ is that of Religion, and Prefervation <jf th^ Pro-
'{eflbrS of it; lo give ihem all due atxl juli Liberty^
and to aScrt the Trilthl of Godj which you have
' done in Part in this Paper, and do itSn them to he
done ihor* fully by yourfelvcs and me. And as to
the Liberty of Men profeffing GodlineTt under the
Variety of Forms aihongfl us* you, have done that
Which waa never done before) and 1 pioyGodif
nuy not'&Uttpontht People of God, tis a Fault vtk
'tbem, tXixvj Sort of them, if ttieydo not puifucb
R4 aValu*
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>62 APPENDIX.,
litn-R^inn. a Value on what wasdone, as vat never [wt oii
■L l i.?' ' *"? '^'""g ^""^"^ (Srj/iV, Time, for fuch a Catholic
^ijriL ■ Imereft of tht People of God. The other Thing
Cared for U the Civil Lib«rty aDd the Interefl of itw
Nation j which thuugh it is, and I think ought M
be, fubordinate to a more peculiar Intcrcft of God^
yet it is the next bell that God hath givUi Men iq
the World ; and, if well, is better than any Word$
to fence Men in their other Intercfls : And if amy
one whatlbever thinic the Interefl of the Nation and
the Interefi of the People of God inconlillent, I wift
iny Soul may not enter into his and their Secrets.
Thcfe are Things I mull acknowledge ChriRian '
and Honourable, and .are provided for by you Ilkfc
Chridian Men, and Men of Honour, and, like jcvir*
felves, Engltjhmen i And to (his 1 muil uid Ihall
bear my 7'eilimony ivhilil I live, againft all Gaixi-
faycrs whatftlever^ And upon ihefb two iRtCrcAs,
if God Oiall count tac worthy, I iha)1 live and die |
and I mull (ayj if 1 were to give an Account before
a greater Tribunal than an eafthly one, and if I
Iperealkfed why I have engaged all along in the lattf
Wars, I could give nohe i but it would be a wicked
oDe if it did not comprehend ihefe two Ends. Onl^
give me Leave to fay, and to fay it ferloullyi the
fflue will prove it fo, that you have one or two
Confidcrations that do flick with me} difcOpeiit
you have named nie by another Title than 1 noit
bear. You do neceflitare my Anfwtr fo be Cate-
«)Hcal, and you have made me without a Liberty of
Choice ; fave, as to all, 1 queflion not your Wif-
dom in doing of it, but I thiiik myfelf obliged tc> '
acquiefce in your Determination, knowirg you are
Men of Wifdom, andconfidering the Trull you arc
under. It is a Duty not to ijueltion Reafons of ai^
Thing you have done. I fhould be very brutiui
fhduld I not acknowledge the exceeding high Ho-
tiour and R.efpeifl you have had for me in this Paper-
Truly, according to' what the World calls goOd,
and hath all Good in it, according to the World's
' Comprehenlion] Sovereign' Power, ^ou have ttfii-
fi«d
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A P P B N D I X. 163
^ ]r«ur Value ind ASd&ioat li to ttif Perron, uIot^^nMiki'
hi^ » yon «ould^ nioM you couU tioC ^ ; I hope ' . '^^' - j
I jhall alwayi keep agnerfal MtMittFf of this in my j^^
Heart, and by you 1 will give the Parliament thi»
thy cratcful AcknowlcdgiMAt. WbHever other
Mcirs ThongAts may bc«' 1 fliall net know Ingrati-
tude : But I muft needs fay, That what may be fit
for you to do, may not be fit for mt to llnIle^t>kc
A> I' OkiuI4 reckon it i very great Prriuifipfton, ' ,
Iboul4 I sfk df you the Rtaftin of doing any one
Thinginthis Papert except ronte t«ry Itfir Tlnrtg^ -
die loflruincnc bears Witneft to itTelf : So you wIR
jiottakc it unkindly, if I afk of ^outbit Additianrf
the Parliament's Favour, Lovet xkI Inriutgence W
R)*, if it be taken in temtsr P^ if I gin fiidi M
Anfwer u I find in my Heart to gtv« irt this Bttfi^
neb, without ufgiiig many Reafens for it, 6viM|
fuch as are noil ^iaua attd mAA fit my Adrme-
tage in aaTwering ; t» wit, I am wuUq ftr fudi a
TroftBitdChKge; aodiftfcE AnfwerbfthsTDnguV,
M weU » the Pfepdratien of thu Heart, be ttom
■ God, I muft fay my Hettt titd Tfioi^hts, evtt
fince I heard tlie PaTlfament^g, *ere upon thit "^th-
filters.
* Thovgh I couU not take Notice of youT Ptfl-
ioeedif^ tticrcin, without Breach of your Privileges,
yet) as a common Perfon, I confefs I heard of it U
in common wi^ others. I muft ^y, I havi: been
able to ttt^n no further than this, that feeing tUe
Way is hedged up, as it is tame, I chnnol accept
of ^e Thing! offered, uoleb- 1 accept d). I have
not been able to find it in my Duty to God. and
you, to undertake this Chuge under that Title.
The moft I faid in Commen^tion of the Inflfti-
mentj m&y be returned upon me thus : Are thete
tuch good Thiagsfo well provided for, why cart you
not accept? Becaufe of fuc^ ah Ingrddiem. No-
thing muft make a Man's Confcictice his Servitrrt ;
and re»lly and fincerdy it is fi^ Confcience that
guides me to this Anfwer ) atidi if the Parliament
be fo refolved, it will not be tic for meloufe anyln-
., daecisetitsby.youttfalttr their R«fi>]utiiH)h
•This
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( Tbiris kII I hnv^tabyt I hope icwiltj tn^
, acfire it vcayi be taodidly, tad «-itb Int^ty and
Iilge&uitjs rcprcrented by yoa to tbem.
Uti Frotsctor's SrzBcti tt tbi Sptaker rf tbt
ParlitMunt, April S, 1657^
JIA-. SpeaJur,
AMdM»«f&MH( "1^ O Man can put s greater Vsilu* tharf t hop*
«>i/r> SftaehM. ^^ I do, ai»d fliall do, upon the Dellres an^
Advices of the Parliament. 1 could In my own
Hsatt aggravate both concemlog the PerTons advi-
iing, and concerning the Advice; readily acknow*
led^Rg that it is tile Advice of the Parliament cf
thcJe three Nation : And if a Man could- f^ppofc
, it were mtf a Parliament to fome, yetj doubtie^, it
jhouU be to me, and to u( all that are engaged ih
4bb Common Caufe, wherdn we haveengagedi I
,lay, furely it ought to be a Parliament to in, becaufe
itanfesa^ aSefult of tht>lclflue3 and Determina'^
,tJons of Settlement that we h«ve labMired to arrive
at; and.iherefore I do mod readily acknowledge the
JVuthority of advtfing thefe Things. I can aggra-
vate alfo to myfelf the generd Notion of the Things
.adviled to, «s being Things that tend to the Settle*
ment of the chiefeft Things diat can fait into the
Hearts of Men to defire, or endeavour after ; and
. at fudi a T^me when, truly, I may think the Natitm
is big with ExpcSation of any thing that may add .
to their Being : I therefore mufl needs put a very
high Ellecm, and have a very reverend Opinion of
any thing that comes from you, and fo I have had
, of this Inllrument ; and I hftpe fo I have exprelled :
And what I have expreilcd hathbecn, if I flatternoc
. myfelf, frcnn a very honeft Heart toward the Parlii*
■nentand the Public. 1 fay not thefe Things to
< compliment you, for we are sH paft tbofe Tungs^
nil Confiderations of that Kind.
* We muft all be very real now, if ever we will
befo; for, howbeit, your Tide and Name yoy give
. totbis Paper makes me to think you intended Ad-
vice } and! .fluiuld .tnui^pels- agaioft «U Reafbiit
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fhould I mak« tny other ConftniAioa tbu that fou intcr-T*(nu»t •
did intend Advice. J would notUy a Burden oa my . '*^^' ^
Bc^, but I would consider his Suength to bear it { akU.
and if you lay a Burden upon a Man that ia
confcious of his own. Infirmitv and Difabilities, and
doth make fome Meafuie of Counfcls that may Icem
to come from Heaven, Counfel5 in the Word of
God, who leaves Room for Chaiity, and for Mea
to con&der dieir own Strength^ I hope it will be
ro Evil in me to mcafure your Advice and my own
Infirmities, and truly thofe will have Ibmc Iflfluencs
^on Confciencc ; Conrcience in him that receives
Talents to know how be may anfwer the Truft of
them I and fuch a Confcicncc have I bad, aifd ftiU
have^ and therefore, when I thought 1 had an Op-
portunity to make an AnCwer, I made that Anfweri
and am a Perfon, and have been before, and tiien,
and fince, lifting my Heart to God, to know what
Alight be my Duty at fuch a Time as this, and upOB
fuch an Occafion and Trial as this was to me.
' Truly, Mr. Speaker, it hath been heretofore, I
^ink a Matter of Philpfophical Difcourfe, that
great Places, great Authority, are a great Burden*
I know it fo, and I know a Man, tlutt is con-
vinced in his Confcience, nothing lefi wilt enibk
bim to the Difchargeof itthanAffiflandcfromabovet
dut it may very well require in fuch a Subjefi, fo con-
vinced, and fa perfuaded, to be right with the Lord
- in fuch an Undertaking ; and therefore, to fpeak
-very clearly and plainly to you, 1 had, and 1 have
my Hefitations to that individual Thing} If I un-
■dcrlake any thing not in Fai[h, 1 Ihiill ferve you
in my own Unbelief, and I {hall then be the molt
unprofitable Servant that ever People or Nation had.
Gii/e me Leave^ therefore, to aflc Counfd: I am
Teady to render a~ Reafon of my ApprehenfiQns,
which haply may be over-fwayed by better Appre^
lienfions, I think fo far I have dcfeived no Blam^ir
nor do I take it that you will lay any upon me, only
you mind me of the Duty that is incumbent upott
me. Truly, the fame Anfwer I have as to the
Puint of Duty one Way, the fjune Conluleratiaa
have
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htVt , I at to Dtiif ititiihkr Vfay. I tt6u1(l liot
'jirtvMca for Liberty ; I havt botnc my Wjtntfi to
*t^ Gvil «ttd Spirittfti. The gfcrteft ProviRon that'
tfvet was made, have f ou madt ; and I fcnpW that
yea d6 tiot inwmJ to tifdu*; me TTic Libftrtjr I
Irft iitoVeht rtiyown Drufets, and my own FearSt
ftid lA^ Scrdplcs ; th' ugh haptv, infuch Cafes as -
thefe ne', the World hachjudgej that a Man's Con-
fcicncc ought to know no Scruple j furely mine doth,
tod 1 dare not diilcmblc ; and fhereforej they that
ire knowing in the Ground oF their oWn A^ion^
tnll bi beft able to meafure Advice to others! There
are many Things in this Governmeni, befidek that
onet^ the Name and Tide, that dcferve much In-
fbrmitibnasto my Judgment ; it is you that can ca- '
podtate me to re<;eive SafisfatSton in them, other-
Iwife, I fay truly, I muft fay that 1 am not perfuadej
to the Perfermailte of my Truft and Duty, nor in-
formed, and fo not a£tcd, as I Itnow you intend I
jhould, and every Man in the Nation fbould, and
j^ii have provided for them as a Freeman, as a Man
tBat does poffibly, rationally, and conrcientioufly |
»^ therefirTft I cannot tell wBat other Relurn tct
make to you than this ; I am ready to e^ve a dea-
fen, if you frili, I fay, capacitate litc to give it, and
ybuHclvea to receive it, and to do in other Thingg
that may inrorm me a little more particularly than
this Vote that you have expreflTed Yeflerday, and
has novr been read by you to me. Truly, I hope,
when I underfVand the Ground of there Tbin^, the
whole being neither for your Good nor mine, but
for the Good of the Natron, there will be no doubt '
but we may even in thefc Particulars, find out thole
Things that may anf\rer our Duty, mine and aU
cur Duties, to thofe Whom we fervc: Arid this is
That that I do, with a great deal of Afie^on, aot
Honour, andRcfped, ofier now to you.*
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In Vol. XX-Wp. sB}^ May lo, 1659, there islMcr-i^pmis,
fyha Notice taken of two Petitions being prcfcnteij . ' ''""
to that Rump orTail of a ParKament then fitting, un,
pnt ftid to be from the City of Ltiu^n, the other
from Stuthumri. But it 'ik to b£ underftu^d hefc^
thftihere Pethions cache onl^ from feme SeOaries,
Inh^bhamiof'thofc Pliaa, and not from the Body
jCorpotatc'of'iht fame.- -Wefuppofe they got »
gifted Brutheror two,to prcfcnt th^ir canting Non-
[enfe totbeHoufe^ who, on ihe Delivery, d^ivere^
limfelf a)foaf thcfbllowine Speech,. whichwehavg
met with and Eive in this PUce, to (Hew the Qrangi
<nt;hufi^ftic Vudnefi of the Tiflies^tbo' fo near the
jftcftoration. (tf) *' ■ ■ ' -^ ■ ' ■■ -
Mr. ^eker^andthU Hmtura^t Aff(v£ljt
^ 'lirTEr have here, atyOurBar, an humble Pe- A SfAnfia Ai
W. tition from, feveral ' Ciiiwra of iaff^K,^^',^
Sir, it !$ the v^ry Joy of oijr Hearts, Ihit once 01015
Vc can fee this Uonourabic AlTembly f>tting Kete^
whom God ha'th owr<d and honpurcdi and made \^
ftrumenia^ for fo much Goo^ \o thi> poor Nation,
arvj his' People in it.' Sir* we hJ^we bad " Expcriencfi "
that the wifcGod tulpi «nd icims in the Wotlii
and that [he Government thcrtforis upon the ShoiiV
ders of our bleffedLotd' ftfui Chr'^-, and that he
doth raife up whom he pleafcth to ()o him ^crvice %
^nd that hehath been pleafed to m^kc yofi inllru-*
menial of much Good': And though. Sir,' then
|»th been feveral dark Adnvniftrations of late Years,
and Ibme Interruption put upqn you, yet he hatq
pace more called you togeihcr." And-truly we havfj
juft Caufe an«] Gruunti to bdieve, tha^ there will bti
Ihatdonc by this Horkiurable Amu)\b)y, wherein h^
^fl^lL have the Glory, and his People Good by it.
And truly, Sir,, he hath bee^^ plf afcd' to fcatt^r tho&
dark Clouds,' that did emintintjy appear in this poor
Nation, ag^tnft that good Intcrcft for which hedid
fa eminently ' appear in your Councils. And, Sir,
t^e hope, feeing that righteous God hath t^tiufted
yoB
^•) FrDQ f Ui^dirirt Jovnal tf tUt PsriitpWi
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jfiur-RgMn, vou once more, that you wili malce it ygur grart
■ . ^^' f Work, ami great Builnefs to do that wherein you,
Ubj, may have Glory, by the £ftabliJbaiet)t and Settle-
ment of thefe poor Nations, upon a righteous and
Jujl Foundation of Jgdgmcnt and Jufticc.
* Truly, Sir, give us Leave to let you Jcoow, diat
, we do look: upon you as our Tiuftccg, our legal
Trufteesj thofe to whom the People o{ EnglanJiAvc
committed all that is dear and precious to them,
their Liberties both as Men and ChriflianS' And
truly, we have juft Caufe to believe you will be very
<:arefuj of both, that they may be prefcrve^
which are fuch precious Thino, and have ctdl ^icb
a precious Rate topi^rchafe. Truly, Sir, I fhall not
fay much i our Pdtition doth fpeafc our Minds juid
our Hearts fully : And though. Sir, to our Petitkn^
which we lodge here before you, ther^ are not
Hands to it, we have many Hands, Thoufarids more
we Could have had ; but we know to wbpin wt
fpeak; to thofe diat ardour Friends, that have e^-
gaged in the fame Caufe with us- thofe that have
icen the Ou^oings and Power of God with them.
And tr^tly, Sir, we do make it our great Requeft, that
vou would cortfidcr of ovr Petition, apd lay fuch a
Foundation in refctence ^o our future Settlement
and Government, that it may not be in the Power
of Man or Men wh^itfoevcr to break thofe rjghter
ous Bafes of Settlement you Ihall make, Tfulfi
Sir, we fhall deftre (hat you would really conftdcr
riiat Difpenfatlon that you have been under ^ and
that, feeing God hafh now put a Price and Oppor-
tunity into your Hands, you would not negtea that
great Work you are called 'unto. We nope you
will pardon Qs if we prefs it, becauii: we find by Ex-
perience, (wheh Opportunity is'neg1e£ted] it is a
great while before God wilt give fuch Oppottuni-
tics again. ■ And truly, Sir, that may not be at fuch
a Time as this is, That, if ever God appeared, it )s
now} and though there was Fait^ in many, that
God would bring Deliverance, and that Deliverance
would come, yet, that it fhall come by your Hv*^>
I, this is That that bears up owr bpirits : Tliat
again, tl
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H ii the Mind of God, let me mind you of that iBur-ntoam
portion of Scripture of Exra, when be delivered hi« ■'}9>
People out of Bahjhn, String that theu hofi givin ut' '''"" '
yW* a PiUviranct at wiV, jft«?/ Wt jtt brtui thy Csm-
* We hope that it it upon your ^rte, »nd that
you mil really fet yourfelves to 4o That, ^at yoif
piay eM the Heam of all England^ qnd ^^ll the
World,
' * And truly. Sir, \t a one Requeft ve make to
jou, That you would fo fettle the Government and
the Foundation of ihefe Nations, that it may not he
too loiig trpftcd ■» Kr>y Man's Hands, that it may
not be perpetuated to Men ; for we have found it,
by woeful Experience, hat the heft of Men, he
ffiey what they will, tjiat if they have Power long in
dictr Hafids they may too much exalt thEmfclves,
nd fo forget (hat they ought to Icnow what it it to
•obey, as welt as to rule. Sir, we (halt only bfg
this. That the wife God would fill this Honourable
Aflembly with hti Spirit; that he would fit in the
Midft of your Councils, fbat he would bow the Hea-
vens, and appear ; and give doWn that Wifdom and
. Light from his good Spirit, that you may do That
for which the Generations to come may call you
Plefled i that we may look upph youasour J^i,
Aur Jtfiutt^ our (^nnfellors (at the Beginning yoif
were our Counfeliois, aiiirft you did eminently apt
^r aga'nA Tyranny and Opprefli n, anddidlay*
Fpundation of comoton Intereftj nd tho' you were
interrupted, yet you arc come agai together;) thaf^
is you h»V£ been Inflruments to lay the Foundation,
ib you may lay ifaeTopftone, crying, Graoei Grace, ,
tifttoit.'
fo^r A. P B, \ n D J, X,
MB^FHomn. In the Year 1 659, and m tho MontU of AugiiJI^
' **^*^ "•, was an Infurreftign in Chejhji't antj Lsncajhire under
- flnyiH;-' SirG'«f^f5iii'M, after th^ Ref^Qrauon cieated Earl
of IVarrhgton. 7~he Affair, with ;he ill Succefs of
it, is mentioned in ourTwenty-fiift Volume, froia.
- p- 441 to44S. .Since Che Publication of wMch we
have met with Sir Gcor^* Bosh's Dcdaration, draWa.
^p by way of Letter to a Friend, in which ho givei
Jiis Reafons for taking up ^rms at that Time, aiwj'
which was then printed a(id difperfed ovct the Realm.
T^e Reader may ol^ferye tliat this Deckratioa i%
itzwa up in Tprms piodeft enc!ij^h» not a Wtwd ii%
it tending to [he Royal Caufc ; b'ut,QnlydecIaj;ingfc>r
t^ Adm'ifiion of tljc Members ,of the X^ong ^arlia-
inent into thii^ o^ elfe'roi ^ncw and 'free Parlia-
fnent. Tho' it muft be owned that thi^ Infurre^iiotn
wai a Prelude to what followed foon after, atd
what, nu doubt, the Infurgents had at Heart,, bad
tbcy found tbemfelves Arong enough to iSeiX it/
SirGzORO^ Booi-H's Letttrrftht irf of Ai^fL
?>««(«)' . ■ ■ . .-
m* aw'jj* f Think myfiilf, and t^ie Genrlemen, and otfin-a
•"^"^ ■ 1 you know to be now'cngageif wiu.oie, have
ho Hopes (by new Troubles) to better our prefeatl
Condition. '
• Wifh Thankfulnefs wc may fay it, GotI h^A
marfe our Lot larger than our Dcfires W that Kind,
and we fuppofei by that filcSlng," put an Obligation
upon tu, as we are confide rahle-Member-s of oux Cgi^p-
try, 10 have more fober and courageous Thoughtl
in Time of Extremity than other Men hatrc.
* And tho' the Indifference that ' lies upon oth^
Men'sSpirits might flat ours, yet we cannot think,
butif itweicrcprefented unto them, how the prefent
Power doth oblige us to put out oiii Right Eyei
when
(^}£«b/«>, printed 19 the Yctt 1(59. Tku tetter iinfiwred ia-
td^blkViewwithaHuiii Ao''*^t^'^ pUHDfih.bjr Pat^ph,
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•X t> p K « D i X.
Huneiit^ and )ay upoi) us fuch heavy aiulgrievoiw
BvrdctMi 'add ftich deceitful ones a) a Year's Tax in*"
threp Months, befi^ fhc many other ImpoTitiom
of Excifc, fsff. and, by rain,ng anjong usaMt]iJia,
tWy cutofFour^tigHfHahd by fubjcaing'us utidcc
the'mciuieft atid tahatic Spirit] of the Nation, under
Prtcttt(#6^Proteaion, 'their Spiriu would be warnt^
cd into the liime 2eal'that ours are kiodted wit^-
* Now, conftder what it i$ we aft, iind confidcr
whetl^r it be not the (ame Thing we have aflctt^
indi oor Liv*s'an4 'Fcrtunes, A frec^'Parlianient^
abd ^hita 'S)avery"it !$ to out Un^ertlan^ing, th^^
ttiiA IlWn^thftl now «11 tfiemfeWci 'a' Parliaments
, ibould declare it an Aft of Jlleeaiity and. Viojcn<c^ in
ttw XAt ifpiring GenMaT CnmwtH, to dlflblve thdr
|lckl;^i« 165}, and n(Jtto'^^e hdie~
Wing the whote BoJy of jftc Padianier
40; in'id4Si whMii thlsbiittoafi
demrt lAc*hers? Whydotheyaflbciai
tfte prefent Army, or indeed to tbe pref
Ef8 in Chief, and iecp oat their nutnei
Members^ if committing Viplcoce up<
be fo hdtftious a Criare ? And bow
the Soldiers boldly tb do thaiwhlch tl
tifi: and make tbem Inftruments of!
bat, under an9tticrSha{)e,'to over-aA
A^ of Ufurpation,an^ Tyranny in
lid? Whu ils thid but to neceffiia
plain? And,upon Coinplaint^to be! [
rower»rfoto raifc (if the ^ng/i/i %>irrt» be pot^if-
'tUvkGata Bafcnels and Aptitude ^r Slavciy) a Ci-
vil War, and to endeavour to water their own Root
with the Blood of many Thoulands of their Coun-
trymen, or to gape after thofe Confifcation.^, which*
by a Victory, upon Prefumption of the Unity of
their Army, they hope to gain over all tbofc that dare,
with Danger, aflert their Liberties ( which Prcfump-
tion yet may fail them; for the Soldier hath and may'
declare himfelf no Mercenary, but an EngUp Fi ee-
man ; which, indeed though it be now contrary to his
Anions, may return to his Thouehb again I And
Vol. XXm. ' S what
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MH-ficMDt. whatwiltbetbeiaiieoralltlui? A meanuidrcluf* .
' **'*!„ , . madcal Party muft deprefs the Nobility and under-
~tggg^~ . ftahding Commons ; die Land mull wafie itlclf, aoA
Foreigners, or others, mufl take the Advut^eof
[ * I dare fay, I proftfa for ntyfclf and theneatdl
^arcwithme,wehave no Arpea but this fingly tthat
we be'not poflefled at wafle, Ground is> only by the
Title of Occupancy* or that the next that gets into
the Saddle ride us.
*Lelthe Nation freely chuic their Reprelet)tativCf,
and they as freely fit, without Aweor rorce.of .Sol-
diery } and whatever in, fuch an AJIecnl^ js detfir-:
mined, flia^l be by us freely. avKl cbearfully fubmined
Unto.
' ' * IFdtis faibfy you, I am glad of it, for you aiv
my noble Friend. I ufe it not as an Artifice, rithet
to engage you or make other Countici folli^ ouf
'Examt-Iei. which, iftheydonot, lettheir Poflerity
ijtdge of their Anions and ours ; for we are borm
^>rour Country, and our Country, our Rcligimi,
tnd our Lives arc in Danger, aiul we will not be un>
concenwd.
■ But we are faithful and peaceful in the Land t
and if they in Authority will decline Hoftilhy, and
a^ree tS a Means to admit the old Mcmben of boA
Houfes, or to call a new free Parliament, let bim be,
and be tnlyts truly, aTraitor that refoive* not hi*
Jud^meii' and Dlxdiencc into their Octcraiiaa;-
.tioBs. 1 am. Sir,
Yiur bumhU Servent^
Gi^.^Hl>.J GUORGE BOOTH/
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'InlU. Volume, It p. 4,' thehearly Thanks mix* n teii
ftioved for, of the Honfe of Comnoiis, to be returned "** ■ -•
to theKio^fbrhisgraciouiDeclarationaboutChlirch 'k«-1w' '
Govcniineill I and accordinelv the whole Houft •~^'
waited upon hi.Maj««yat»1!,(/*»;/tha(Arternooii,
which wai Nt9tmbtr 6, 1660, the very gtft Day
of their Meetine after the Recell. We never could
fijid, by any Memorial, what the Speaker faid to
the King 00 that Occafion ; but the Declaration it-
felf was then lit our Hands, though it -would bare
interrupted the Series of this Hiftoiy too much to
hareinfmeditin tbatPlace. We therefore gi.o
ithere, asiCutiofitynot eafy to be met withelfe.
where.
H;< MAjIsiys DjCtAHATtOK <# «S Us 1M„,
Suij^i ./ U, Kmidm, if Ertf)ani Mi Dmimm
>f Wales, mMrnhi EcdcialKcal Affairs C<;. -
CHARLES tt.
HO W m«b the Peste of the State is con-ThsKl*. D,.
cerned in the Peace of the Church, aridliow^""!-!; *'•
d.«Scu t a Thing is is to preferre Order and Govern-
ment in Civil, Whilli there is lio Order or Govern,
ment in Ecdefiaftical AlEiirs, is evident to the
World) and this lUtlePartoftheWotld, oorownDo.
minions, hath had fo late Expenence of it, that we
may very well acquiefce in the ConchiSon, without
enlarging ourfell in Difcouife upon it, it being a Sub-
- jea we have had freqiient Occafion to contemplate
upon, and to lament abroad, as well as at home.
• In our Letter to the Speaker of the Hoife of
- Commons nroni'firA^, we declared how much we
-defiredthe Advancement and Propagation of the Pro-
teOant Religion; That neither the Unkindncfs of
thofe of the fame Faith towards us, nor the Civili-
ties and Obligations from thofe of a contrary Pro-
fcffion (of both which we have had abundant Evi-
•deiicejooold, in the leaf! Degree, ftanle us, ormake ■ '
us fwefve from it i and that nothing can be propoftd
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•■'»»^-"'to nitnifeft our Zealand AJFaflion fbn^yto pUdi
7^^. . tee will not readily confrnt: An4 we f^ (bm, That
' we did hope, in due Tiipc, ourfelf to propofe fume-
tohajt for the Propagation of it, that will fatisfy tlfo
Worldi that we have always m^tle it t>9th pur Care
^d our Study, and have enough obfervcd what m
^oft like to brin^ Pifadrsntagc to it. And, the
Truth is, we do think ourfelf the more con^ftilt
to proporciand, witbGod*s Affiflaneetlo deteriUintf*
nun; Thi'ngi now in Diffennce» from the TifDB
ire have fpcnt, abd tfae Eaperienca We h^w bad, ia
inoft of theRcronped CburcbctabFoad, in ^«m#,u
Out Livj Ctunirits, and in Cfrmiit; ) where wc have
badfiequent Ccnferences with the mofl learned Men,
who hiiTe unanimoufly lamenied the great Reproach
the Proteftant Religion uadergoes ixwa the DifteM-
pers and too notorion -Scbifiu in Matters of Reli-
gion in England : And a« the mofi learned amongft
ditm have always, with great Submi^on andR^
Terence, acknowledged and maghified the efttblUb-
ed Government of {he Church of Baghni, and the
great CouiKenance and Shelter the PfotcfUnt Heli-
gioti received from it, before thefc unhappy ThImi ;
Jo many of them have, with great Ingtnuity and
^rrow, confelled, that d>ey were toD-^lar milcd*
by Mirmformation and Prejadlce, int6 fenH; DiT*
cneein of it, as if it bad too much coi^tUed wiUx
the Church oi Rimti whereas, they 'now Acknow-
tcdge it to be the heft Fence God hsthjet i«i«d
againll Popery in ihe World: And we are perfii?-
ded they do, with great Zeal, wiih it reftwvd to ka
' ^ Djg"'ty and Veneration.
* Wben we were in Helimd, we were mttcndtd
"by many grave and learned Miniflcrs from hence,
who were looked iipon at the moft «blc and prtncipa)
Aflertors of the Prefbyterian Opinions, with whom
we had as much Conference, as the Muhitudeof
Aflaln, which were then upon us, would permit m
to have i and, to our great SitUfafiion and CaB-
fort, found them Perfons full of Affection te u*, of
Zeal for the Peace of the Church and State, and
. nciUier £iieaii«f (utbc^hftvebceBi^veBwitWbe)
..CooqL-
appendix: 175.
toEp'fcopacjr or Liturgyj but modeftly to defire*^ '^S'''**
iuch Alterations in either, as, without flukiiw Fou;.*^ »«>■■ ^
<Utions, might bell allay the prcfcat DtStamttp^
Which l^e Indifpolition of the Time, and the Ten,-
' deme6 of fomc Mcn'i Confcicnces, had contra&ed :
For the better doing whereof, wc did intend, upon
our firA Arrival in ihis ^ingflom, to call a Synod of
Divines, as the moQ: proper Expedient to providp
» proper Remedy forall ihofe Dificrcncei and OiC.
fatisfadlions which had, or Ihauld af'iCe in Mattcn
of Re'i^ion; and, in the mean Time, we publiflied^
in our Dectaradon from Bridoya. Liberty to tendef
Confciences; and thatno Man Ihould be dif^uiete^
or called in Quedion for Differences of Opinion in '
Matter of Religion, which do not difturb the Peacf
of the Kingdom j and that we QuU be ready to coor
_lent tofuch an ftGc of Parliament ^, upon maiure
PehbeutioR, fhall be offered to lu, for the fullgraob-
ing of that Indulgence.
* Whilft we continued in thii Temper of Mind,
and Refolution, and have fo far complied with tbf
Perfualion of particular Perfont, and the Diftcmpef
of the Times, as to be contented with the Exercife
of our Rdigion in our own Chapel, ^cording to the
conftaht Pradice ana Laws eflabIiAed^ vvitbout eop
joining that Practice, and the Obfervation of tbolc
Laws, in the Churches of the Kingdom, .in wfaiich
yre have undergone the Cenfure of many, as if wf
Were without that Zeal for the Church which wc
ough( tobave, and wliich, by God's Grace, we flialjl
always retain, we have found ourii^f not fo can-
didly dealt with as we havedeferycd, and that tber?
are unquiet and reftlefs Spirits ; ivho, without
abating any tS their own Diflemper, in B.ecoffl>
|>cnce of the Moderadon they find in us, continue
thcif Bittemefs againft the Church, and endeavour
to raife Jealoufies of us, and to IcOcn our Repu<
tation by their Reproaches, as if we were not true
to the Profeffioru we have njade. And, in order
thereunto, they have very unfeafonably cauled to be
printed, publifiied, and difpcrfed throughout ttv
S3' Kif^dooit
..C'.oogic
176 APPENDIX..
*"• *|^"' '?' Kingdom, a DcclaratioR heretofore printed in our
■ . ' Name, during the Time of our being in SaiUttidf of
Vhich we (hall fay no more than th^t thcCircutn-
ftances, by which we were enforced to figii that De-
claration, are enough known to the World ; and
that the worthieft and greatefl Pan of that Nation'
did even then deteft and abhor the ill Ufage of us in
that Pai-trcular, when the fame Tyranny was excr-
cifed there by the Power of a few ill Men, which, at
that Time, had fpread itfelf over this Kingdom ;
, and therefore we had no Reafon to expefl that we
fhouM^ at this SeafoR, when we are doing all we
can to wipe out the Memory of all that luth bccQ
done amifs by other Men, and, we thanic God, have
wiped it out of our own Remembrance, have been-
burfelf alTaulted with thofe Reproaches, which w«
Vill likewife forget.
• • Since the printing this Declaration, fcvtrat fedi-
tioui Pamphlets and Queries have been pubrilbed and
fcattered abroad^ to infufe Diflike and Jealoufies in-
T6 the Hearts of the People, and of the Army } and
Tome, who ought rather to have repented the former
Mifchief they have wrought, than to have endea-
voured to improve it, have had the Hardinefs to pub-
liftj. That the Doflrine of the V,hurch, againft which
ito Man with whom we have conferred hath except-
ed, ought to be reformed as well as the Difcipltne.
* This overpaffionaie and turbulent Way of pro-
ceeding, and the Impatience we find in many fc^
fome fpcedy Deierminaiion in thefe Matters, where-
by the Minds of Men may be compofed, and the
peace of the Church eflablifhed, hath prevailed with
is'to invert the Method we had propofed to ourfelf^
andeven, in order to the better calling and compo-
fing of a Synod (which the ptefent Jealoufies witl
)iardly agree upon) by the A^illaiice ol God's blellfd
Spirit,' which we daily invoke and fupplicate.'to give
ibme Dctermiriatidn ourfelf 10 the Miittcr's in Diffe-
rence, until fuch a Synod may be called as ;»ay,
without Paffion or Prejudice, give us fuch farther
AlBlhnce towards a ptuccf Union uf Affe<5iIons, as
well as Submillion tw Authuriiy, as is neciflary':
. - • ' -'^ - '■ ■ And
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APPENDIX. >77
And «c Are the nther inducn} to talu thii upon us^Ab. i« Vmi i^*
bjf finding, upon the full Confcrepce we have had . ***^ .
with ih^ kirned Men of frversl Perfiufions, that jnf^i^
the Mirditefi, under which both the Church and
State do at praent fiifitr, do not refult froip ao;
ionned Do^ne or Conclurion which either Par^
aiaimaHiior avows ; but from thePtffion, Appetite,
and lAtereft of particular Peiinis, who contra^
^ater Prejudice to each odier fropi thoTe Affec>
tioni, than woitld naturally rife from their Opinion* }
and' thoTc Diftempen ipuft be M.(oatt Pcgref ^-
Inedt before the meeting in aSjiipii can be attended
with better Succefi than their meeting, in othcf
Places, and their DifccHirfes in Pulfuts have hitherto
been t and till all 1 hbughts of Viaory arc laid afidc,
the humble and nectflan Tboughu fur the Vindi*
cation of Truth cannot be enough entertained.
' ■Wemuft, for the Honour of all thoCe of cithct
Perfuafibn widi whom we have conferred, dechi«|
That the Profeffions and Defiret of all, for the Ait-
vancement of Pie^ and uue Godlineis, are itie
fime ; their Profemoni of Zeal for the Peace of the
Church, the fame t of AffeAioa and Duty to us* tiM|^
fcoe : They all approve Epifcopacy { they idl ap-
prove a (let r arm of Liturgy ; and they ^11 dUapprove
and diflike die Sin of Sacril^, and the Alienation
«f the Revenue of the Church. And if upon ihefe
excdlent Foundations, inSubmiffion to which tber^
b fuchaHarmonyof Affi:dionB,any Superllru&ures
Ibould bej^ifed, to the Ihakirg thofe Foundations,
and to the contracting and UfTening the bicfled Gift
of Charity, which is a viul Part ^ Chriflian RelU
«on, wc fiiall think ourfelf very unfortunate, anid
«vco fufp^ ^^^ w "^ dcfe^ive in that Adminiftra-
Cionof G<Wernmcnt with which God hath entrufted
' ( We need not profefs die high AfTeAion and
£(teem we have for the Church of England, as it is
cftablitbedby Law, theRererenceto which haih fup-
toqrted us, with God's BleAng, againft many Temp-
tation* I nor do wc think that Reverence in the leaft
2)egrce dttniniflied by our' Coadefceotions, not pe<
S 4 remptoril/
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178^ A. P^ P E- Nr D[ Ij 55^
°'^*j^- ■'■remptorilyto inCftonfome FtrtKubriof Qv«w>py>
'^ . . which, bowcvcr intfodticed by tbe Piety, ,Dbv9-;
4t,„ighi^ tion, and Order of fornwr Times, puy jiotbs.'o
. . agreeable to the prefeDt} but may cv^n leflcB'^bab '
Kety and Devotion, fo^ the li^^provcqicnt wbwcef
they Inight hap]y be firfl iqiroiiuced, m^ fMtiif-
<(ueAi]y may well be diJjpcnTed with^ ^nd we.hop^
diis charitable.CompliaJif e of aur« will difpofe lb/»
Minds of all Men to a cbcarful Submiffion fo that
Authority, the Ptcrcrvation wher«of-is (o ntcf&ry
for the Unity and Peace of tbo Cburcb^ and thftt
they will acknowTedgc tbe Support of tbe Epifcopal
AuthorKy' to be the bcQ Support of Rcli^n. by
being tbe beft Means to contain the Minds of Men
within tbe Rules of Govorniaeiit. And they wha
Would retrain the Exercite (^ thatboty Funfliop
ifrithin the 'Rules which wer« obfcrvcd in the priini')
tive Times, muft remember and confideri tWdie
Ecclefudical Power, being in tbofe blcffod Trni««
fttways fi^fdinate and fubje& totfacCtyii, it wn
fikcwife proportioned to fuch an Exiest of Jwi(dic>
tion as Was moft s^re^abje to that. And «s tb«
iandjty. Simplicity, awl Rcfignation of thjit Age,
Jlidthen refer many Tbin^. to the BiflMps, wtucl)
the Po'icy of fucceleding Ag<!s would nqt - admit, ac
lead did otherwife provide for; fo it' can, hea^
Iteproach to primitive Epifcc^acy, if, where diCOE
have been great Alterations in tbe Gvil Goveror
inent from what was then, there have been likcwif^
fome Difference and Alteration in tbe >£<<cleriaftiB^
the EfTence and Foundation being Hill preferred.
And upon this Ground> withoat taking upon us ce
cenfure the Government of the Church in othw
Coiintfies, where the Government of ,itK>St%(e )■
different from what it is here, or enl%r^pg ouricif
upon the Reafons why, whiifl there was an Imagina-
tion of ereSing a Democraiical Government here
in the State, they fhould be willing to continue ap
Ariftocratical Government in the Church; it {ball
fufEce to fay, that Hoce, by tbe wonderful 3Ieffin|
of God, the Hearts of this wbpie Nation. are returned
to an Obedience tv M,vnai:chicij Govermpeot in tlie
\, Google
A- P' ?' B N' D I- X.
Sat^ it muft -be very rearonaUe to (upport that-Aa. i
Government in the Church which ii eftablifhed by
Lav, aiid mth wHiib the Monarchy hith flourished
difoi^ fo mtnf Aget, and which i> in Truth as
antitet in thh Ifland as the Chriflian Monarchy
thereof; ami which hath always, in fome Kerpcds
or Degrees, been enlarged or retrained, as hath
b^en thought moll conducing to the Peace and Hap-
pineTiof the Kingdom: And therefore we have not
the led Doubt hut that the prefent Bilbops will
Ihtnk the prefent Conceffions, now made by us to
lilay the tSTefent Diftempers, very juft and reafon-
aMe, and will very chcarfully conform tbemfelves
thereunto.
I. * We do in the (irft Place declare our PurpoTt
and Rofolution is, andffaalt be, to promote the Power
of GodlineTs, to encourage the Exercifea of Reli-
gion both public and private, and to take Care that
die Xxird's Day be applied to holy Exerdfes, with-
out unneceilary Divenifements; and that infuffi-
cient, negligem, and fcandalous Minifters, be not
permitted in the Church. And that as the prefent
JSibops are known to be Men of great and exem- -
plory Piety in theit 'Lives, which they have mani- '
fcfted in their notorinus and unexampled Sufferings
dunng thefe late Diftempers, and of great and known
Sufficiency of Learning; lb we fiiall take fpecial
Care, by the Affiftance of God, to prefi;r no Men
lothat 0£See and'Chargc, but Men of Learning,
Virtue, and Piety, who may be themfelres the heft
£xBili[^e8 to thole who are to be governed by them j •
knd wefhall'expeA, and provide the bcfl vk can,
that the Bifhops be frequent Preachers, and thatihey
0o very often preach thAnfelves in fome Church
of their Diocefe, exccptthey be hindered by Sick-*
ne& or other bodily Infirmities, or fome other juftifia^
ble Occafum; which fhalliiot be thought juftifiablD.
If it be frequent.
2. * Becaufe the Diocefes, efpccially fome df
Uiein, are thought to be of too large Extent^ we WU
a^x»at liich a' Number of' Suflragan Bi(bops,^a
...:-,■ ..^ ■:-:■■■: ■■■ ^g^y
...Ciooglc
k6o a P: P B N D; r X
A* *\P": "-every Dioceff , ^ f)u]J be rufficicnt for ihs due per^
^_^^ formance of tbeir Work. . ■
Hofcnbv; ' 3- ' ^u Bi&op {hall ordain, or exercife an^ Put
■' of . Jiirifdiaioa, which appertains to the Ccnlurq»,(if;
the Church, wiihout itte Advice and Abidance of
the Prefbyteri ; and no Chancellor, Commiflary,.
or Official, as fucb, fliall exercire any /i& o( Spi-.
ritual Jurifdidion in tbefc Cafes, viz. Excpmmu-*
nication, Abr<jludon, or whert-in any of the Mini-
firy^re concerned, with Refertnce Co iheirpaftoral'
Charge, Hnwevcr, our Intent and Meaning is, to.
uphold and maintain the ProfeiGon of the Civil Law,-
' {o far, and in fuch Matters, as it hath been of Ufc
and Pra3lce within our Kingdoms and Dominions-:
Albeit, as to Excommunication, our Will and Plea-
Tjjre is, That no Chancellor, CommilTary, or Offi-
cial, (hall decree iny Sentence of Excommunication
f)i Abfulution, or be Judges' in thnfe Things wherein,
any of the Miniftry are concerncdj as is afort^fdid.
Nor fiiiir the Arebdeacon cxeicife any Jurifdidion
without the Advice and AffiAancc of fix Mini&ers of
his Archdeaconry, whereuf three ,to be nortiinated
by the Bilhop, and three by the Elcflioo of the ma-
jor Part of ihe Pruftyters within the Archdeaconry.
4. * To the End that the Deans, and Cbapteri
may be the better Bticd 10 aflbrd Counfel.and Af-
iJAanee to the Bifhops, both in Ordination and the
other Offices menti^'ned before, we will take Car«
that thofe Preferments be given to (he .mofi learned
«nd pious PrtrfbyKrs of iht Diocele ; and moreover,
. that an equal Number (to thofc of tjie Chapter) rf
the molt learned, pious, and difcrect PrcAyters of
the fame Diocefe, annu My chdcnby thetnajor VcM*
pf all the Prefbylers of that Diocefe prefent at fuch
liledions, Ibili be always adviCng and tufting, to*
£cther with thofe of the Chaiiter, in all Ordinaticm^ '
»nd in every Partofjurifdii^on'whifrh appertains to
the Cenfures of thi Church, and at all other folemi^
^nd important Actions, in the Exercife of the £ccle<
jliajl^icat Jmifdi^tion,, Wherein any of the ^linillryar*
concerned : PjovidnJ, That at all fu<;^ ^f:.etiii^, th(
T^umber of the MiniKlcis fe' elci^ed, and thofe prefent
A'-oogk
APPENDIX. iSi
C^the Chapter, flnll be equal, and not exceed oneAo. tt car. l^
the oAer j and tiuf, to make the Number equal, the^ ^^*
Juniors of the exceeding NunSbers be withdrawn,
that the moft aitttent may take Place. Nor fliall
any SitfFragan Bilhop ordain, or exercife the fore-
tnenttoned Offices and A£b§ of Spiritual Jurifdic-
tion, but with the Advice and Affiftancc of a fiif-
fictept Number of the moft judicious and pious Pref-
fcyters, annually diofcn as afnrefaidj within his Pre-
cin%. And our Will U, That the great Work of
Ordination be conftantly and folemnly performed by
the Bifliop and his aferefaid Prcfbytery, at the fbuir
fct Times and SeaTons appointed by the Church for
thatPurpofe.
5. * We will take Care that Confirmation be
rightly and folemnly performed, by the Information,
and with the Confcnt, of the Minifterof the Place,
who fhall admit noneto the Lord's Supper, till they
have made a credible Profeffion of tfaeir Faith, and
. promifed Obedience to the Will of God, according
as is exprefled in the Confideratioiis of the Rubrick
before the Catechifm ; and that all poffible Diligence
be ufcd for the Inftrudion and Reformation of
icandalous Offenders, whom the Mintder £ball not
fufler to partake of the Lord's Table, until they
have openly declared themfelvcs to have truly re-
pented, and amended (heir former naughty Lives>
as is partly exprefled inthe Rubrick, and more fully
in the Canons; provided therebePlaccfordue Ap>
peals to fiiperior Powers. But befides the SuSrii-
cans and their Prefbyteiy, every Rural Dean, (thofe
Ucans, as heretofore, to be nominated by the fiiflfop
of the Dioccfc) togetherwilhihrecorfour Minifters
of that Deanry, chofenby the major Part of all the
Minifters within the fame, fliall meet once in every
Month, to receive fuch CompTaints as fhall be pre*
fenced to them t^ the Minilleri or Churchwardens
of the refpcSive Parifhes ; and aih to compofe all
fuch Differences betwixt Party and Party, aslbaltbb '
deferred unto them by Way of Arbitration-; and to
convince Offenders, and reform all fudi Thin^ an
"they find amift, by their Paftoral' Reprpofe aitd Ad-
- ' ■■ " '■ ■ iiaoottioili^
L;,.....,Ck")OgIc
i8a A P P B N D r X.
■..I* Or. It.mopitionsi if they m»j be To refpr?^. ' ^'f' '>>*^
'^*^ , Mitten as they canpott, by thu pafi^ral and pej-
N,p*cmk«f. Jfu-tfi^c Way, cqtppofm and jcform, a^e by tfaciB U*
be prepared for, and ptrientcd io,-t))e Bifiiopi at
which Meeting any other Min't^^s °f tb^t Deatuy
Aiiiy, if they pieafc, be preftjiic and fffift, Aftoreover,
the )iural Dean and his AAft^nltare, in their rt'l^ec-
tive Divilioni, to 1*06 ihac the Children and y9W%*r
Soit ^le carefully' Inllrui^ed by tbe refpfdive Minir
ftei^pf every Parifb {a the Grounds of ChrlAiav
Keligioni and be able tp give a good Account oi tbcir
F'ith and Knowledge, and alio of their Chriftiav
Conver&tion conformable thereunto, before tbey bp
confirmed by the Bilhop^ or admitied to tb« Sacra-
atcnC of th^ Lord's Supper.
6. No Bifbc^ ih^l excKifc iny qrVlirary Po«!Cr«
m 4ox» imp«(^ ar^ thing vipon the Clergy or tl^
People, but irbat ii acoordiiq; to the knowa Lvm ii
t^eLand.
J. * We are very ^ad to find, that aH with wl^oift
we have conferred^ do, in tJieir Judgioeats, appfovc
* Liturgy, or fet Form of putilic Woilhip, to be
bwful, which, in OUT Judgmeoi, fori^ PrcJcrvik»
lioti of Unity and Ug^rmity, we conceive to be
Vffy neceHary. And tho' we 4o, cDteeni,'he Litvirgv <tf
the Church of Englmidt contjiined m the tfoo^ of
.Common Pr^er, andby Law efiabiiflie^, to be the
.fcefl we have fcen, {and wc believe that we havefedi
j|]I that arc extant andufed inthitP3;t of the Worl<i)
^mt well know what Reverence mofl qf the R<^
.fanned Chutcfaes, or at leaft the nvfi learned Men
an ihofc Churches, have fiir it \ yet, iince we fififl
Amc Exceptions made agai.^ft feveraJ things therein^
we will appoint an c<{ual Number of learned Di-
vines, of both Pcrfuafioiu, to review the fame, and
to make fucb Alteratioris as fliall be thought mufi
yilKefi*rj, and f^me additional Forms (in the Scrip-
ture Pbrafc at near as may be) fuited untethe Na-
,ture of the feveralPaita of Wi.Tlhip ; and that it tie
^fi to the Minister's Choke to t4s one or other ^1
bis Dif^reiion. la the mean Time, and till this be
i^aCf alclfo' We do heartily wi(b and derite that tbe,
Mioificia,
A I^ P E N D, I X, 18^
Miaifttf>» in their fevenl Ch4rche(, becaufe tb(7 An. » .cu. ^
diflike (oMiv. Oavtes ani Ej^weffioM, i/touU nqt . '™-
totally Uy iTKle lb« Ufc of tttc Book of Commoo ' n~^ritAiTj
Piaycrt but rc^d tbolc P^n agitnll which there can '
be no EH<^|;)iiont which would be the bed Inttaaoi
pf Jeclining thofe Mar^i of Diftin^ion which we
Ca much labour and d«%«.tp.feino*ci yet in Cotn-
pftffian todjver* of «ur gpod. Subje^s, whp. .Icrifpl^
the Ufo «i it -a* tiQW it it« our Will and Plexfuie ia^
tliftt nooiB bccgimifbfd or troubled for aot uGnfity
vntili it -.lie -jmiiemd tod ^^^tially tefttti^. »''
aforcfaid. . ■. .
8. * Laftly.. tpactrtiia^ Cofmonies (which bay^
sd*unifteiied.fojltucbMatKrof Didcience andCoci*
tentioo* and which have been introduced by the
Wif^i K and Authority of the Church, l«r£di&t>
twn.wid ibe Improvement of Piety j) we ihall fay
00 more, b»t that we b»e .the more Eflecm of all»
•fld llevetciMiB Jot ■ many of then, by baviBg been
p-efent in miriif of (bofc Churches where tbey art
Bioft aboUQicd and difcoi^tciijinced: And it canaot
be doubted Iwtthat, as the Vniverlal Church cannot
introduce one Ceremony in the Worship bf Go4>
that is .cjonfiary to God's Wor<l expreflj-d in t)v
Scripture, fo every National Church, with the Appm-
Iration atid Cqnfeot of the Sovereign Power, tsay,
■and hath alwayaiiUrodiKBd fuch particular Cerem^
nie>, afli in tb%t Conjiui^re of Time, arc thow^t
jbdH proper fee Edification, and the nccejiary Im-
provement of Piety and Devotion in the People,
Cho* the pcccflary Pradice thereof cannot be dedu-
-•ccd from Scripiurc: And that which before was,
and initfclf ia, indifferent, ceafes to be indificrcct af*
. tcr it isAiKieeftablUhed by Law; and therefore our -
prefent Cofltideration and Work is, to. gratify the
.private Ctuifciences of thofe who are {grieved with
the Ufc ^f.-fome Ceremonies by indulging to, and
difpenfing with their omitting thofe Ceremonies,
.not utterly «o aboliOi any whidi are cflablilhed by
-Law, (if aqy are pradiled contrary to Law, the
fame fliall ccafe] which would be uniuft and of j)l
£xamp'e«aiij to impofc upon the CanTcisnccs £f
fome^
..Ciooglc
184 A P P E N IV I^ X.
k.ti Ctf. li'finne, foitheSatisTafltonof AeConlcieneesctfotherty'.
, '**°'- ^ which is otherwife provided for. Ag it couM not be
KoTi^^r^ reafonable that Men fiiould exped that we fbouM-
burfelF decline, or enjoin odiert to do To, to receive
ihe blcffed Sacrament upon our Knees, whkh, in
our Coufcicnce, ia the moft humble, moft devout,
ind moft agreeable Poflure for that holy Duty, be-
caufrfoenc o^er Men, upon Reafons beft, if not
only known to tbemfclvei^ichure rather to do it fit-
ting ot Handing. We (hall leave -al) Dccifiom and
Determinationt ofthat^Cind, if they fbalt be thoi^t
neceflixy for a perfed and entire Unity and Unifor-
mity tKroughout f he Nation, to the Advicti of ^ N~a-
tionat Synwf, which Ihall be duly taKedy after a lit-
fie Time and a mutual Converfaiibtt between Per-
fbn« of different Pcrfuafions hath-in<dlified tbofe
Dillimpers, abated tix^e Sbarpnei&s, aind extui-
culihed tbofe Jealouiica which make Men unfit for
-uofe Confultations. And upon fuch Advice wf
Ihail ufe our befl Endeavour that fudi Laws oar be
eftablifhed, as may belt provide for the Peace of the
Church and State. Provided, That none ihall be de-
nied die Sacrament of the Lord's Suj^r, though
they do not ufe the Ge^ure of Kneeling in the Aft
(^Receiving.
* In. the mean Time, out of Compaffion and
Compliance towards tbofe who woold forbear the
Crofs in Baptifm, we are content that no Mao
fliall be compelled to ufe the fame, or fufirr for not '
doing it : But if any Parent dcfires to have his Child
chrinened according to the Form ufed, and the
Minifler will nut ufe the Sign, it Ihall be lawful for
dut Parent to procure another Miniftcr to do It j
and if the proper Miniftcr fhall refofe to omit that
Ceremony of the Crofi, it ftiall be lawful for the
Parent, who would not have his Child fo hapticed,
to procure another Minifter to do itj who will do
it according to his Defire.
* No Man fliall-be compelled tohowat the Name
oiyt/uiy Of fuffer in any Degree for not doing it»
without reproaching thofe who, out of their Devo-
tion, contiaue that antlcnt Cecemony of the Church.
•For
A P i* E' N t) t X. 185
<Pori)ieUA.of-tfK«uV^iiet'we tre contented ^»«c«r. n.
that ill Men be !«* tt* their Liberty to 60 as the^ . ' ^ ^
ihall think fit;. wtthodtTufi«ring in -the fcaft Degree Nonakr.
Swearing or not lArearir^ it. Provided^ that thii
Liberty donastcXtentf lo'our o*ti Chapel, Cathe-
in\, or Collegiite Churchei, or'to' any College in
eithei of our Univerfities ; but that' the feveral Su-
tntes and Giiftoma for the Ufe thereof in the Taidfla-
ca, be there oMerved as formerly.
* And becatife ibme Men, other wife 'pfous and
-learned, fay they cahiiot corrform unto the Subfbrip-
tioD required by the' Canon, nor take the Oatb of
Canonical Obedientev we are content, and it is our
Wifl and PleaTure; (fo they take the Qaths of ARe-
giance and SufHcmacy} tbat they ihall receive Or*
dinadoa, loftitotion, and Indudion, and fliall be per*
nuocd to eitercife thetr Funfiion, and to enjo]r
itbe Profits, of their Uvings, without the faid Sub-
fitfiptton or Oarti of Canonical Obedience. And
moreover. That no Peiibiu in the Univerfities ihal),
for Che Want of Aidi 'SttbTeription, be hindered in
tbeiaking of their Degrees. Laftfy, That none be
jtK^edloforfeit'bia Pr«enntion or Benefice, or be
dnxtvAlof it, upon the Statute of the 13th of Queen
£fis«Arf/fr, Chap. 11. fohe read and declare his Af-
Icnt to all the Articles of Religion, which only con-
cern the Confcffion of the true Chriftian Faith, and
the DoStinc of ihe Sacraments, compritbd in the
Book of Article*, in the fiid Statute mentioned. In
a Word ; we do again renew whit we have former-
ly -faid in our Declaration from Breda, for the Liber-
ty (^ tender Confciences, Tliat rio Man fball be dif-
-qitieted ot cidled in QuefHcn for Differences of Opi»
nion in Matters of Religion, which do not diftuib
the Peace of the Kingdom ; and if any have been
di&Hrhed in (hat Kind finoe our Arrival here, it hath
net proceeded from any Direfiion of ours.
* To coiKlude, and in this Place to explain what
we fneationed before, and faid in our Letter to the
Houfeof Commons from Bredaj T^at we hoped, in
due Time, ourielf to [tfopofe fomewbat for the Pio-
pagauOT of the Protcftaot Religioa, that wiU lalisfy
th^
i\ .....C.ooglc
i8(S A P P E N P I X.
Aa. iicw-ntbe World that we have tlwi^ made it bo6«ur
i<fiq. Q„c and our Study, and bav«4iKmg)iobfcrv«d vktt
''HmanUf ismoftlike to bring DHkdvutage to it: We 69
conjure all out loving $uU|«dt to acquic&e in* and
fubmit to, 'thit .our Oet&numt coactmmg dmre
Difiecencet wbicl^have fo n^uch dtlquteted the Na-
tion at home, and given fticb O&occ to the Prate-
flani Chiuches abroad,, and brou^J«:h Reproach
upon the Protellant R^Ii^^a in geuenl, from th*
fjismtes tbcreof, as if, ijpon obfeure Nodnns of
Faith and Fancy, it did adniit t]» Pn&itt of t3in-
ftian Duties, and Obedience to. te difcoiuiteinavd
and fufpcoded, and introduce a Licence ia OpiuoiB
and Mannc;rs,tDtbePrejudiceof tfaeCbriftiuiFatttu
And let us all endeavour, ^d eaulMe cad other m
thcdeEndewours^.to countenance and advance, the
Protcftant.RcIieion abroad, whi^ will bebeft&xie
by fupportia^ tnc Dignity and iUvHence due to the -
beft Reformed Piotcftant Cburdi at faotne; and
which, being once ftced frppi the Calumniea and
Reproaches it hatb uaiagpitt. ftooi diefc late ill
Times, wtlt be the bcft Shelter for tbofe alBoad,
which will, by that Countenance* both be the bet-
ter protct^dagainll their Eneiuea, and belbejnote
cafily induced to compoTe the jQiStxenea agaongft
themlclves, wbich-g^ve tfieir Enemies more advan-
-tage againfl tbem. And wehopc and expefi, that
all Men will henceforward &vbcai to vent any fiich
Dodrinc in the Pulpit, or to endeavour to work in
fuch Manner upon the Aficdions of the People, aa
may difpofe them to an ill Opinion of iia aid the
' Government, ar>d to difhirb the Peace of tbe King-
dom ( which if all Men will, in their Jevoral Voca-
lioos, endeavour to picferve .wi^ -the fiune Auc-
tion and Zeal we ourleJf will do, all oui good Sub-
jcfb will, by Gods's Bleffing i^oq la, erijoy as g^cat
aMearureofFeiicic;,asthii Nation hath evtr done,
and which we (hall conftaady labour' to pEocure for
then}, as tbe grcateft Bleffii^ God can b^ow upc«
ui in thit World.
Chun at eur Ctttrt at WlutebaUt tiut I5tb £ay
^0£b)bcr>i66o,
,,Goot^lc
APPENDIX. 187
, Tn this .Volume alfo, at p. 12, Ntv. 13, i6&0,Ati.it Cu. ji
Notice is taken of a Complainc being made in the . '^^.° i._,j.
Houfe of. Commons againft » Boole called. The Long Ho»imbif.
Parlianuni rtviveJj &c. then printed for, and puV
I liflicd' by, one Tht/ndi Phillips, Gent. Nav. ij, at
p. 16, Secretary J^i>rriV« acquainted the Houfe, Fhac
he had found out the real Author to be one if'il/iaMt
^aiiy a Morcbant in Leaden, who had confeHed the
fame to him. The Debates about it, and Proceed-
ings thereupon, may be Teen in the Hldury ; but the
_ PampUirtiiftlf, being purely Parliamcntari', and not
,. to be inct with but in fome oM Colledtiops, It too
. curious, to be omittetl in this Appendix.
y;&#- Long Parliamekt KEvivED i or an Act
_/irCoNTlNUATIOW,aW:i<»fl(DlSSOLVINGM*
Lo^G Parliamskt, (calledhy King Chulea the
. FirJI, in tbi Tear 1640; iui iy an Aa of Farlt^-
taent i wish UKdtniabU Rtajtms dtdveiifrtm tbt
/aid Ail, to prove that Thai marliamint is nat jH
^oh>t4. Alfi Ml'. William Prvnnc's/w^-
gununtt fuUy • an/tuered, whereby he tadtavours If
prevt it to be diMvtd by the King's Death, Sec
By Thomas Phillips, Getielememm, afituere LaVer
. if hii King aiid Csualry {i)..
Anna 17 Caroli Sigh.
An ACT to prevent Inconvenieqccs which may hap-
pen by the untimely adjourning, proroguing, 6C
diffolving of. this prefent .Parliament.
■tr^Herees great Sums ' of Money muff of Neaffttf
'' he Jptediij advanced and provided for Relief
»/ his Majejifs Army and PeipU in the Norlhim
Parts ef this Realm, and for preventing the immiHint
Danger this Kingdom is in, and for Supply of eiber
Ms Menefty's Prtfent and ufgent Oecajiins which can~
ntt bejB timely efftStd at reqiufitty wiilHut Credit for
Taifing the faid Monies \ which Credit cannot be
cbtained untiUfiieb Ob/iaclts be fr/l removed, as are
Kcajsaned by eears, yealoufies, and Appreheiifions of
Vol. XXIII. T divert
UPIZ..J ..Google
i88 A P 'P E K '0 I X.
*^ "gfo"' ^'^''^^' ^' Ma}tfty*i Uyal SuhjiHiy that this prifM
' . Parliament may bt aJjat^rntd, preregatd, w ££ihtd,
'Komnlci. iifirt Jujiici Jball hi duly txtcutid uptft DtlinqvefUSy
ptihlte Grievances rtdrejfid^ e firm Ptati hehaieK sht
fuw ^ofiW «/ England am/ Scotland cmitudtd^ aild
itfert fu^iitil Prevific-n he made far iht Rtfeymttit
if the Jaid Moniti ft to ii ratfed: All v>bkb ibt
Cemmmiy in this prefent Pariiametst ajjembkdy having
duly SMijidtridy da thtrtfare bwiihlj hfoeeb yutr Me/f
: Excelltnt MajeJIj that it may ht Declared MdBimffe^*
And be it Declared and BnaStd^ by the ting mtt So-
vereign Ltrd, whh the Afftnt af the Lfrds andCtm-
mans in ibis prefent Parliament aj/tmbkdf and ky tbt
jtiithtrity if tbifanu^ That this prefent Parliament^
ana ajembled, fiall ntt he diJUoed, taikfk it hi By A£9
af ParUament ta be poffed far that Purfafe. Utr
jhall it bct ot any Time or Times^ ditflng the Centinu-
ana tbtreaf^ prar^ued v ddjawmed, . taiUfs it he' hf ASt
. afParUamei}ttaie Uietuife papd far that Purfaft^
Jndtkat the Houfi af Peers Jhall nat, at any Time er
Times, during toil prefent ParSament, ie 6dj*Siri!ed,
unhfs it be by themfttves, or by their ewn Order. At^
in uie Manner^ that the Houfe af Commons /baB not^
at any Timetr Times, during this prefent ParHamtnt^
be adjourned, unlefs it be by themfilves, of by their fuw
Order. And that ail, and every, Thing and Tbinp
tlibatjietir dme, ar ta be dene, for tbi Adjaunmint^
Praraguing, tr Dijfohiing af thit prefent Parliament^
eenirary tt this ^t Jhall hi utterly void and ef n§M0
■ -Efea-.
73* LONQ' PARLIARtEHT RtVITEI).
* TT' O the End the Peace of this Nation may be
Fwu^ tbB * eftabliflied iipon a firm airf lading Found*.
uint PuUa' lion^and that, after one Sbipwfccic hardly efcaped^
B>°°t- we run not blindfold again upon a more fatal and irre*
coverable Rock of Confufion, the Author oCthis faiaU
. F^r, out of tender Coiopa^n to bis native Coun-
Vy^ and with all humble Refpe^ of due AFIegiancft
andHonourto his Royal Majefly that now is, jiatb
thought fit (with the premifcd A<9 of Parliament)
to ^er lome few ArgumentB to the Wviicl, mtu-
rally
A jP J- E (J D 1 3t. ,
.rally flomgg from the Authority and.Reafon of h ; Aa. n
Wbifin, if draoully hearkened to, may yet prove a "
•healing Remedy^ againA the lad Breadies of ihis*"!!
.Qtittcred Kingdom, and pievent thofe other Mif- "'
rciiifrfs,. which the ObOioacT uf injudicious and felf-
.^lied Seibna -will inevitably bring upon thcmfclves
^oodus. j^^ if convincing Keafon may bear the
Sway in this perverfe Age, wherein every Man
' mould make fai^petty private Defigns to be his Law
.rather than copimpn Equity, or the eftabliDifd Law
,-of (he. Nation, he doubts not of the defired Succeft
^|l^ aiifu at, with' God's Bleffing, in this enfuing Dit-
courfe.
"■' l^bat.the-Sarety.indHappineri of this Kingdom
'liei in Parjiaoicnts rightly cu)fiituted, and in ti\4
,f FfJiriy^tion of their juft and lawful Privileges, I
fup^fetbere ftre net)e,of what different Judgmer.ts
foover in other ThingSi who are Subjcds of this
.Nation, and of fbbei Principles, but will readily
gr^tit.) and if foj the contrary thereunto will then
WiUipiJt Doubt as«afily be concluded.
* Whkh Maxim being yielded, in reference to
PtiKt Parliaments, it mug,' by Proportion, hold as
fauc in relation to the. I/ong Parliament called by ths
.Ute Kiijg <^iwJts the Firl^, of hkll'cd Memory, in
the Year 1 640 ; wbofe Being and legs! Authority 11
. fflillfo vifibty exiflentyby virtue of the fore- Mentioned
lA^i th»^ when the Subjc^s of this Nation have fe-
lioully copfideted of it, ihcy will doubtlefs fee they
rhaVe jioRcRfon v> held tbemfelvcs fafe in their Lives^
Liberliea, aod Eftates, till ithave itiadc provifion in
4hiit Behalf) and it be legally diflulved, ancsrding i»
^eTetior of rbe &id Adhy Adof Parlluoeat hit
4M Pwrpofe.
^ AndjUherefore, Jceingthatfo great a Di&curity
'to the Subjeds and the Peace of the Kingdom ia
.Inovnbant hereupoa* as who doth not evidently
Bcrceive it, (in cafe that Parliament is yet in its legal
;Force and being) how much doth it concern ivcry
'$ub^£tof this Nation to be groundedty fatisfied in
, , this ParttGulv, t>y a fblid anfwering of thofe Objec
■ ti«ailfaMiecB)tO-JDi)it«e*gai«ft the Verity of tht»
T a /iSatioHf
190 A I* P E N D I X.
' Afl. II Oai II' AlTertton, T^at Men's Mindsmajr be fettled, toM-
^ ^' , ther wi(h the Peace of the Natiorrt upgn a fire
Mo«'mb«. i'"oundai:ion of Law affd Kighteoufnefi ; and we
may nut, like the W^vcs of the Sea, be ftitl fluctua-
ting to and fro in Doubts and Uncertainties, by the
divers Windj of Men's contra^ Judgments and O-
pinio-ts, to the continual Hazard pf tTundcarcJf Cbti'*
ecrnments?
* To evidence the ftill legal Being of that foi^ftid
-Parliament, the AiSi fpeaks ruftciently for itfelf, in
plain and cxprcfi Teims ; yet, to make it more clev*
thefe following Arguments from the A& itfelf, atnd
the Title of it, do more apparently evince it.
I. 'To begin with the Title, which it, AnA&t*
prevent Ineonvtnienciis that may happen by tbt xntimefy
. adjiurning, prtrtguing, *r dijjihing of thir pre/tut-
ParUamtnt; which Incanvenieftce* are fpeciBed in
the following Preamble of the faid Adty whereof
chiefly one is this : Lefl Credit Jfittild met be ibtairud
/tr ra'^mg of MonUi fir Relief tfhh Mojefty'i AnHyy
and People in the Nartb, and for Supply af ether his
■ A&jt/iy't prefent and urgent Oasfiam^ thrtugh tbt
iantinued Feart af the Siibje3$ left the Parliament
^ may be adjourned, praraguedj or diffetved^ hefore Jfffi-
tient Previfien be made far R^ajment ef the faid
Manieitaberaiftd.
' In which Words there are two Thing, princi-
pally to be confkdered in reference to the Intent and
Meaning of this A(9, why it was made,
' Firfif For the obtaining of Credit, in order to
- tbe raifing of conlideiable Sums of Money for Svp^
)Hy of the King's and Kingdom's gieat Neccffilifes,
which could neWr have been done, (as by the Aft
■tfelf isfuppofed) had not Lhis A^ been male ;, it
Wing the only Ground and Foundation of £ncau>
' ngement for the Credit which was to be givin, ' in
order to the raiflng of the faid Monies, and did ac-
cordtngly effe£t it.
.* SeeiiJtdly, The Parliament could not, without this,
. ^ in any fecure Condition to make Prnvifion for the
- Repayment of the faid Money fo to be raifed, in
. retard that, thro' DefeiA of fuch an A^ the Parlia-
ment
X.oog\c
APPENDIX. ijr ,
nwnt might be in continual Danger to be untimely*'' '* €>'• K
diSi)\ved ; and, by the clear Scope of the Adl, it is '^^' .
accounted an untimely DifTulution, if dilTolved be- jjo»<inbCT. ■
fore the faid Provifion be made ; therefore the Dif-
Toluiion of the fuid Parliament, before fuch Provifion
made for Repayment of the faid Monies, which i»
not yet done, ii exprcfly contrary to the true Mean-
ing and Intention of this A£t. And if this A£t were
inad» purpoTnty to prevent the untiOiely Diflblution
of the Parliiunent, (as it Hands exprela in the Title)
then rt cannot but have refpe£l to the King's Death,
as well as to to any other Means of untimly Diflblu-
tion: Ttie Parllunfnt well knowing the King't
Life was as uncertain, yea, in fome RefpcAs, more
uncertain, than the Life of other Men ; and there*
fore could not chgfe but fo underftand it, if theyin-
tended this A& to be any Security for the Monies
borrowed, or to be btffrowed upon their Credit.
* Tbirdify In t^e Subftance and Body of the' A£ty
ft is deliv^'d Jn exprefs Termi, That ibii freftiit
, ParUament fimll n»t bt dijfahedhut^an Jia »f Par-
liamatt: Whence it follows, That if not dilTotveable
tinJcfs by an KGt <^ Parliament, then it is exclufive
to all other Ways and Means of Diflblution, (as the
loterruptton by arm'd Violence, the forcible Omif-
lion of Days of Adjournment, the violent or natural
Death of the King] or whatfoever elfe might be
done, or have happened, le^ly to difii^vc it, bad
not this A& bcehmade-or oonllituted.
* Fewthly , and hjilj. To make all clear, without
aey Exception, in the Clofe of. the faid Aft it is ex-
-^^kA,ThatallaKd tvirj Thing and Things xubal-
-fttvtr 4^nty »r tt it i^wu, far the adjnirning, prt-
reguiagy »r diJJ&iving af ibii frtftnt PM'liamtit, em-
. trary If thii Ait, fi>aa bt uturlf void and rf noiu £/-
/e£t : Which Ctaufe you fee looks backwards aAd
forwards in reference to whatfbwer liad a legal
PosKr and Tendency before this A£t to dilToIve the
FatUaraent. A^^ainft which this Aift hath now fully
Provided, thxt neither what hath been done for the
%me paft, nor whatfocver fliall be done for Time
to come, Ifaail diffolve this Parliament, excepting an
T3 . Aft.
L;a:..j.,CiOOgIc.
J93 A P P E N D I X.
Aa, It Cm. II,Aa of the raid Parliament. Whence I ai^e, Th«
. '"**' all thofe Things that otherwife legally would or
K^Vfinkr. niighchave difluhied ibis PanUamenr, had not this
A^ been, made, have no Force oi Efficacy to diflblve
this, but only an A£t of this prefent Parliament r
All other Parliaments having no legal Capacity till
this be legally diffolved } unlcfs it be granted that
two Parliaments may have both of tfaem legal Ca-
pacity at one and the fame Time } which I believe
there arc none fo at^urd as to aver, no more than
that two Kings may have a legal Capacity at one
~ -7ime in the fame Kingdom,
*But bccaufc there are divers Objefiioos ri»l
teem to^oppofe the PrcmifTes and the kgsl Being
* aad Capacity of the faid Parliament, I Iball endea-
vour tdanfwer them asflrungly, and yet as briefly^
as I mt(y,tb every ordinary Reader's Undcrftandingi
* Thf ^r/9 and grand Objei^ion of all is, T^
Death of the late King that fummontd this Parlia-
ment inthe Year 1640, and is argued by iAr. ffH^
U«m Prynni (c) : Bicatifi, faith he, if hath btnfrf
^tunilj fffihu)i by Parlianuntt ihemfiiBtii,. tbt Rnt-
rtnd ^vdgtSy. and tur Levi Betk t hj King Charler'a
anin Dtdaratitn, mi bh Judgts and CemiicH; That
tbi Depifitim and Deelb ef tbt King dtlb a£iiailji
di£hli>» tbt Pariiamtnt,
* To w4iich L anfwer, by-way of Gonceffloov ThA
tbeDi:afhof the Ktr% doth legally, or, according to
Cuftom, difTotvc X Pairiiamcnt that a only c^led aod
cotfititutcd by the J^g'i Writ ;> but, not a Farlia-
tcxvt cociftiiuied aiid co&Srmed by an Ad of the
Three Eftatcs, Let Mr. Brywit^ or any other Luwr
yet, (hew me toy Law or Precedent to that Pur-
pofc, and I will prefently yield the Caufe,
* If Mr. Pryntu would have fpolcen home to tbi(
, Cafr, he Qiould have made it -appear where, or when,
it had been refolved by Parliament, the Judges^
our Lav» Books, &f. thaf :in'csle of an A£t of P^-
liampnt at^Ac for the Seffion and Continuance of a,
-Par|ia(i>ent] till they fhould di£>Ive themfeJves by an
{t) Set hb tlse mi perfeft N*mtira of vhit waiidaoe and fpaken by
aadbciwceiiMr.'Pr;iv,uidltcol(liadaewljf«dblyiecludc>l Mmq-
bui, beiii]UJB|atF-H> "<"^fQI«ni^ Pn^tcd iady Vcu iCjAi
APPENDIX. ipj
Afl, that fuch a Parliament hath been, or flia!I ne- An. it cat. il,
Vtftheleft be dilTolved by the King's Death ; which, '^^
it is believed, he will fitid a *cry hard Talk to prove. „ ' i_
, ^ Sicandlj, He obje^, Tht Parliament is na fland-
ittg-Cturt^ fitting at certain S*afant by ptfitivt Lows^
hut fiimmantd and canflituted by the King's Writ af
BumiMns and R^al Priragativt, when and where ht
pieafetb, and adjaurntd, prorogued^ and diffahed Itf
hii Writ alana in Paint af Law, &c.
' I anlwer again, l^ way of Conceffion> That
Parliamentj, accoiding to their wonted and t>y-paft .
Cuftoms, n<ere no certain Courts, fitting at cer»ia
Seafons by politive Laws : But yet may be madt
fuch by Aa of the Three fiftatci : Witneli Uie Tri-
ennial Parliament.
* And further, &y an extraMdinary Grant of hit
We Majtfty, this Pariiament was made a ftandingt
Court to fit conftantly by a pofitive Law, till they'
fliould [deale to di^vc themfelvei. He having
been [Jeafcd, by the laid Grant, for the better Secu-
rity of bii Siibje^, to wave bis Royal Prerogative
ami Power of Diflblution, and to give his Confent
for tbo nulling of all other Mpans tending tbere-
iintOf
* And for what ^. Prynm intimates fiirtl^r ii)
A« laid Objeaion : That btcaufe all Writs ef Sum-
pHHf are a&ttalfy abated by the Kinf^i Death, as well-
at all atber Cotmni^aniy and Patents ef all Judges^
. Jufiitet, &c. that tbt'refart this ParUammt muft
meeds be £ffilved.
* I anftrer, l^at doth not at all fiiJIoWi, tiH he
can make it appear that there is no mcve Validi^
in an Ad of Parliament of the Three Eftates, than,
there is in a meer Writ of Summons, or a Commtf-
Son or Patent granted only by the King : For tho'
this Parliament was fummoned by the Kijig's Writ,
-yet it is manifell: its Continuance and ConArmatioti
did not at all depend on That (for then he might
fiill have diflblved it when he pleafed] ; but upon the
Aet of the Three Eftates, who bad eftablifhed it by
iaw, and fo was no more diJTolveableby (he King's
peathf tbaa any other Swtute If%w or Ad of Par-
* ' liamenC
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• ti-liament whatlbcver; and therefore is not cJepeitding
on lb fickle n Thing as a Writ of Suaimons, or »
patent, or Comaiifnon given the Judges, and whkh
the King may tslcc away and repeal again at bia
; own Pleafure.
* And to illuftratc this more by an Inflance, I
Ibalt dcrire to a(k Mr. Prjaiu this Queftion : Put a
Cafe that there are certain urgentNeceSities, as be-
fbre fpecified in the AQ, that the Parliament hath
of great Sums of Monej', for preferving the Peace
of the Kingdom : This Money they muft take up
upon their Credits ; but they fee no Ways bow
to raife or repay it, untt& theirSeffion be continued
for feven Years ; therefore, to get Credit for raifing
■ tiie faid Money, iti Time to reimburfc, or give
Security, to the Lenders, they obtain the King's
Confeiit to an A& for their Continuance during the
faid Term, wiih this Provifo infened, Though the
King by any Accident, fliould hdppen to die before
the faid Security was given, or the Monies paida
Whether doih the Parliament, in this Cafe, continiie
in Force and Lfficacy a^er the King's Death) or is.
it then actually diilolved f
*lf Mr. Prjmu grant it a Parliament i(i Force*
after the King's Death, upon this Confideration (aa
I conceive he i;annot depy it) then 't i* aji^Mrent
that it is not the King's De^th, barely that dQtb of
i^felf difiblve a Parliament, vix, I lay, a Ptrlia-
ment eftablilhedby a LaW; and confequently tbeii
not this Paritament,- the- Rcalba being alike for the
one as for the other.
* But if he (hall aver, (which to me is incredible)
That notwitAanding fuch an AS, yct,1)y the King's
Death, itU legally diiTolvedi then it will ncccfiarily
follow, that Pi^liament-Sccurity, which was eve(
looked upon till now as ipviolahle, is mpft danger-
ous, and, of all others, Icaft to be ttufted. find th^
Subjefls had need to be warned to btke (feed of it,
feeing it muft wholly depend upon fo uncertain )t
Thingasthe King's Life} which, as it throws'no
jinall Difhon9ur up{>n that High Couft, fp it will bf
no little Prejudice to public Emcrgebctcs : For if the
King
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■ King die hiJf a Ycjr after the Monies borrowed, *■• "*'"■■''
and before ihe Security be given, (and he hath no . ,
fvrer 4 longer a Leafe of his Life than other Men)
a)] the fail] Monies mull abfolutcty be loft, and Co
ibe Subjt^ defrauded, no iuture Patliament being
bound to make good the Ads and Deeds of a fur-
Rier, further than the}' will or pt^fc itiemli^vcs.
And it is to be wifhcd that the Kingdoni any nut
flow 400 ladly have ExpetU-nce of it.
' Tliraljf, Mr. Pryni' objefls, 7ke Kln£% Name,
iti which tht PVritt fur EUSim art i£u(d firth ; that
ieiuu/t thy ge em in tht Name ef tl^e Kiigreigmng^
andfe eefh the Perfons lUHid te ath'ifi wiihhimftr-
feiajlj i .and the ParJiairuiU tt he cmvenid U taUed ^
JParSauitntt and Is ta aiifult tf the ardueus Bttfine^t
«f the Klagdcm ui.ctrning him, i;c. Ihtreftrt^ xabta-
the King diet tubs called 'he Parliam/'tt ta advife and
et^futt with bimfeify tht Parliament muft neecffsrilf
be d'lffhhed, ur.lefi ihty could bejuppufed te csnfuH ani
ttdvt/ewith him ef the weighty jf^airt tfhis Kingdtm
efltr his Deceafe.
* To this I anrwer firft. That tho' the Writs <rf
Summons run, toconftilc wirh the King peifonally,
or by Name, yet they fay jiotto confultwiih hitii -
only, and fo are fiotfoe^clufivc, having Refpcift to the
Reafon and Equity of the t^Wi but that the
fame Parliament may alfo cnnfujt with his Succrt-
for, if the Peace 3iid Safety of the Kingdom dore-
quire : Granting this Maxim to be undeniably trti^*
'I'hat the Safety of the People is the Supreme Law.
'And though theParliament fummoncd by ifac
King's Writs be called liis Parliament, yet bis Death
doth no more vacate it, being eflabliOied by Law,
than it doth other Laws by the fame King made,
which are moft properly called his Laws, ttecaufe
fnadlcd with his perfonal Confent j and yet we know
(hat they are not fo his, hut that that they arc alfo the
t^ws of his SuccefTors, and are focommonlycallei.
Be fides, by conftituting the Parliainent to duie
till they djflblvethemfclvesby an AiS, the King vir-
tually waved the Authority of hi) Writs of Summon^j
in whith Writs the Parliament is cxpreiTed to be
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■■n c>i.It.c41edtoconruftwith him by Name, nofuch Thing
'**"■ . being in ihe leaft faid or exprefled in the Aft by
'y,^^^^ which this Parliament is now confirmed to conti-
nue, &c. Therefore it matters not, neither is it at all
to the Purpofe inihls Cafe, how, or in what Name^
the Writs of Summons, whereby this Parliament was
firfl called, were ilTued forth: Forafinucb at this
Parliament confiiiB no longer by any Authority de-
rivatire from thofe Writs (that Foundation being
wholly taken away) j but only by ASt of the Three
Hftatei, as is evident in that Uie King could not now
diilblvc it by his perfonal Authority any more. And
if his perfonal Authority, he being living (which it
affirmative) could not difTolvc it ; then his Death,
which is but negative, or a Ceflaticni of the Influence
of hit perfonal Authority, can much left do it.
* And farther, byway of Interrogation, I would'
tik Mr. Pryme, Whether he will grant any more
Privilege (in the Cafe of the King's Eteath) to a Par-
liament eflabliflied by a Law, than he h4I1 do to a
Parliament only called andconflituted by the Eing'r
Writs, between which he cannot furety but fay
there is a very wide Difference \ And if he yields
the Privilege doth excel (as he muft needs) en the
Side of that Parliament that is eftablilhed by a Law,
in what Senfe can he conceive it to be, as the Cafe
here put, unlefs by the Duration of its Authority af-
ter the King's Death who called it j Of whidi Pri-
vilege the Parliament only conflituted by the King's
Writs comes fhort, and fails, as before ackoow-
fedged, by the King's Death.
* And I would fain know what Reafon there it^
that a ftrained Expofition of a Statute Law is diis is,
(that this Parliament ftould be diflolved by the
King's Death) fhould take Place ^inft the cxpreSi
literal Senfe of it, which is. That it (hall not be dif-
jblved but by an Aft : When as the ftrained Senfs
^fo it evidently dangerous, unfafe, and pr^udicial to
the Public i but the literal exceeding ben^ciaL
* The calling of Parliaments in this or that KingV.
Name, to Confult or advife with this or that King,
.„ {befe aie but ciicuniftantial Ttuiigs, and done for
Otdert
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Or(]er*8 Sake, and nothiRg of the Subffantials an(lAi>. uCv.l
Effcncc of the Govcrnmcntand Kingdom's Welfare. . '^*°"
And therefore, if Parlnments, called in this or that nigtMibw.
King's Nzme, to advife with this or that King,
ihoittd continue in Korce (thrf there were no A^
for it) after this or that King's Death, there were
no I>anger or Incopvcniencc in it ; how much Icfs
when an AG, as now, impHctily pailed for that Putt
poft ) but nther the contrary ? They miy confult
wifh as mocb Safety and Advantage to the KUngdool
with the SucccJTor, as they did with the dcceafed
• fiut to difio]ve Pariiamenta nfhly and untimely,
amy^innr a well-JiRtled Kingdom into very great
and hjkcardous Difficulties. And how fad a Thing
were it^ and how contrary to the general Rule of the
People'* Srfety, (which, in the Government of ^.
N^ion, ou^itiy be valued before any thing, and is
the End of Government) if, for Circumdances, the
^eid Wrffate and Peace of the Kingdom mufi be
nazarded' ?
• Faiirthij, As to what Mr, PrjwjK tA)je3s con-
cerning jfMim by hit tf^ti «- Dttd, tr tbt Kii^ by
Bir Ctmmi/JiM, tr tbt ParliaMeni by fpicial AS and
Ordit^ tntthariaing and impm/ering any thrte Pirftnt
jgirn/y it feU' Lifnd, give Livery end Stifin^ ixecteit
any Gitmni^atu Sec. and that in ta/e any ef them dity
xbi Hut Survimrty jtintly trftvtreilyf can do rtetbing^
Sieai^ thtir j^thtrity andTruft V!asj»int andnot fe~
vtral, ttc. Applying this to die Parliament, tvhieh
■ fieifig; (as be now exprefletb it) a Ctrperatrin eom-
faettdjeinifytf the King, tords^ and Comment Hsufiy
tmdTbret EJIaUs, that tbtrefbrt the Death ef the
Kiiig neee£kriiy Sffulvet itnetwithftanding thir 4S.
• raflfwcr, tltis doth notnomore prove it than any
of bis former Arguments j for this Similitude doth,
not: bold Proportion, nor come up to our prcfcnt
Gafe. ^ .
' For We have not hereto do with oneEftatebt
mere that bath abfalute Power in itfelf (and intends
to execute^ it) to conftitute other Pcrfons for any
GflScc or TriHt, as 2 finde Perfon, f^c, that mfikcs
aWiH-
A l» P E N D I X.
a Will or Deed doth conftitute three or more Per^
fons, in TmH: for the iixccution of his Will ot
Deed, whofe joint Power, being exprefled in thefatd
Will or Deed, neccffuWy h\h upoa the Death ofuiy
one of them, becaufe joiutljr and iu>t feveraUy m^
Uufted.
' But with a Parliament, Ifht have wionlarUj m-
gegeithtmftlve:, upon a Truft and Credit received
from the People for their Security, with the Conloat
of the King, making a Law to prcferve their Seffion,
tnd ijiaili/b thtir evin ^uiberitji Bg<4nft all Mcaiu
of their untimely DifTulution, till they bad benmrab^
Sfihargtd tbeir Trnfty aod g^ven Security and Satis- -
£i£lion to thole chat rave them Credit : Which tW"
thing concerns any Power or Authority to bir given
toothers, whether three or more PerTons, according
to Mr. Pryntu'y InAance, to be executed jointly,
wherein a Failure may be through any one t)S thor
Deaths.
' But becauff thete fcenis fomcthmg fltll to-be
unanfwered to this Objedion, in reference to tlte
coojundivc- P^wer of the Parliament confifting of
Three Eflales; therefore thtG alfo is futly relblved, in
the following Anfwcr, to what Mr. Prynnt intt-
ntates concerning the King's being a fart <^ the Par-
liamcnt, who faith, Tbat Iteau/i lb* King it « Pari
tf the Parliamtntj ^btrefiru if ihf iSng rfo, tb*
Parliairunt nt^fi ^ttdi it tiiffahtd.
' To which I anfwer, Th^t the King is ntber m.
part of t)ie Parliament in his politic, than in bis pcr-
. ioaUt Capacity { which is always fubjcd) to Death*
but his politic, never. With this agrees (hat famous
lawyer Sir Eaward Ctie, (fee the third Part of hit
Inftitutee, Chap, i.) where, fpeaktng of the High
, Court of Parliament, andof what Perfbns itconfin-
, eth, faith, in the fu& Place, and in exprcfi Woids,
. That it cbnfifls of the King's Miijelty fitting thete,
as in his Royal Politic Capacity, ,{/r. And if fo,
, then the Parliament dies not in all Cafes when the
King dies: And if this holds good in any Caie, tbtil
fure^ in Cafeof an A^tu that Purpofej for though
^ Pcfoa be dead, yet his Royal Authority {gr^
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A f 1> fe N b I X. 189
as il fufficlcntljr evident by the Force and Authority An. it Cm. tt.
of all our Laws, tU! repealed by A& of Parliament. '**" ,
* But beltdeSjitinaythusfartherbc argued dearly, jj^^n^.
The Member* of the two Hoiife* of Parliament,
' tho' many of them die, (as oft-times it comes to
pafs, and 'tis poffible they may att die by Degrees
be^iire the Partiament ii&) yet the Parliament il ntX
diflbtved, becaufe they arc not now the very fame
individual Pcrfuns that were chofeh f\tH by the
King's Writs of Summons. 'Tisfufficientthat there
have been new Writs iflued forth frAm that Houfe,
or £ftate of Parliament whereof they were Mem-
. bets, whereby new Ele£ltons, i^c. have been made,
and fo othef Members returned to fu'pply the Places
ef the dead ones. And if this be good fn the Cafe
' of the two Boufes of Parliament, &r. which no Man
that underflands Ivaw, and the Ufage of Parliaments
will deny ; then it ii much more go6d' in the Cafe
of the King's Majefty's Pcrfon, whdfe Royal Eftate
' and Authority isfo evident, that it i^ a declared, un-
deniable Maxim in our Laws, He never dies. So
that what new Writs do legally, for'Supply of the
: Places of the' dead Members, to continue the Estate
and Authority df the two Houfes' of Parliatncht,
that, arid much more cminentry, the King's imme-
diate Succcffion to theCrown, after his Father's or
Predccffor's'Dcath,doih-dp, by virtue of h'lB Rmal .
Birth-right and Title of Inheritance. ' There bcnig
this grand Diflerence between Members of Parlla-
' ment dying, and the King i they fo die that their
Authority cannot be revived but by newE^eAionSj,
or Writs of Summons ; but the iCing fo dies, that
bis Authority ftill lives by immediiite Succeffion.
Whence it is, that the Royal Seat is ticver vacant,
that there fliould be a Failure to make good- the
Royal Anions of the Prcdeceflbr. And thus the
' Third Eftatc in Parliament, always living, tbejtlnt
Pewir^ftiU ctntinues ; and fo there is no Ncceffity
the Parliament fliould diflblve, (as Mrl Prynnt ai-
. firms] dueCircumftancea and Actions being weigh'd,
and the Neceffitiei of the Kingdom well confidered.
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■ "■ Fiflhiy, Therefore, by whst haih been alwady
(faid, Mr. Pryme'i fifth and lad ArguiHcnC muft need*
■. be outcf Doorsi which is this, Thai btcaufttbt Ead
ef Parliaauntt is U ma3 ntvo Laxm-, amd repeal etherj^
/&c. which cantut 6e ebae iul by tht King's Ajftnt ;
end this Pariiamat ttixg la it dijfvhtdby an jf^, and
en Ail ^'''*i "'^ stapaffibU sa it madt by that King '
for the DijflutitH if sly kt bting dead; thtrefore h;s
Dtatb imfl nttds dijfeht tht ParUammt mtwifJ>'
ponding this Aa.
* I anfwcr in the Negative, In nowife ; far tho*
hebcdead, as jforeT^, Inhis^perl^nal, (whichMT'
Prynnt Teems to anfwcr too maidy in us f^Upwi^^
Objeftion) ycj not in his jKilitk Capacity : ^Aiio
thercfbic* if the dead Kit^ cannot en«d X^ws.,i4y
the Parlianent, jret Jiis Succsflpr caot who. conse^ito
the down iaiinediatdy aftw hb Father's ITcmJi.
. And, as hath bc&n Ihewed, it Js nowiTc incoove-
nient} but may many Ways ba adv;anUgeous to ^e'
Public, That, fltould the King cbaoce anywlTe to
-beuntimely ukcn away, the.Paj!iamentAu>uld can'
^timie after itbe King's Death; ivfaole Death, if,it
ihovld neceilanly Cas Mr. Prynit affitms) diflb^c
.the Par1iamcfit> fb luitkncly a OilTqUitiop, as the
!.Ca£: might Aand, might pryve very jd^figenDiu afid
jwinidous to t^e Kingflom, , ,
* Beiides, the Ad dobb^t limitthe Parliametif's
^ piiTolution as lawful only, if it bedoiicby ul tiGt
of ditt.K^og thc(i living, whpA^^fliwag.n^c ^
. but, in gcn^raj, itJimitsitroani^pf Parli«aE«t,
' that it Aall ^otbe diitt^v^d hitf bj-.a^Ait of Par^a-
(Dcnt. And,»hyihe:Predece^'8 Ai'tbotjly -Mid
Confeat Ihauld not be as btpdiog to his^iKcwitriiif
this Caic,.till lb diflblved, ,as iV>)^Me'of aayiofther
I4W nude. with his ConC^V ^ wwid very g^ly
Jtnov a folid Reafon fiar it f fepiig that, to^Lll Intoits
-and puipofes, »aA&icxC^r\iiiavboat n Difiblu-
. tien, 4iiay he as virtual wd ^ptqiomi ,^ithou^ any
. P. ejudice, by theCanfeot ^^Ajuthorityofube&ic-
ccflor, as (^ the Father.
. *And/urther,tbcAais^Ifuher<in«i£prefs,Tha^by
Jto.Qlfaei Way 91 MeanS} hut hy an A^ of Parliampity
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by the dead King, but may be done by ihs Succef-
'for. It out<hc fo to be difTolved, or elfe it-muft, and u
doth, by virtue of this Ai9, llill lemain lcg<illy in
foil Being and Authority.
* Sixthly, As to what (nay be ohjet^ed concerning
the Diflbtutlon of thisParltatncnt by an A£l, when
the fecluded Membere were lately admitted j the
Argument is io weak, that I thought wholly to have
ontkted the teall Mention of it > yet, in regard it'is
objected by Tome, who fcem to receive Satisfai^an
by it, and there to acquiefte, I ihall give this Aofwec
■in brief to it :
* firft. That, at the beft, th^t was but an Aft, fo
called, of the Houfe of CoiniDons ; and io^ confc-
^endy, far fliort <^ the Authority oPanA^ of Par-
Hament, or any legal Pretence of tC, wbich only
confifis of King, Lords, and-Commons j and there*
fore, by any fL>ch appellative A^, this Parliaaienc
' can nowife be dtflblveoble.
* And further. The utoioft AuAority ^Mt ^
Houfcef Comnions hath given themby the ^re&id
A£l, for the Gc»itiauation t^.this Parliamwit l^U
- they dtflcdve themfetvci by an A£t, is but to adjourn
' themfelves by an Order of their aim Houfe* asia
txprefeinthefaid A<^; by.wbicfa it u evident tbey
' have no Power to difli^e .themfelvcs, mucb left by
Ufy A€l dieycan do to diJlblve the Parliament.
* And here it ii worth the ob&rving, (before I
palsovertfus AAoftheHoufeofComnKinc, wherry
' it was endeavoured todii^vetfae Parliament) That,
in tbeir Judgments and Confciences, there wa& Nrei
*«f an AA to diflblve the Parliament} And iherdore,
bytbisA&of tbcirs, 4hey did implickhF grant,' that,
' ' befntf the paffing of die faid A£l, tbc Parliament
Vas notlJiendifiblvcdi andfo, confeqiieotly, didgsc-
'knowledge it not to be diiTolved by the King*!
Deadij'wfaidi happened many Yean befqre :. And,
if not diffi>lved by the King's Dead), then much Jefs
by the. laid Ad of die Houfe of Commons, wluch
carrici not the Icaft Shadow of legal Authority Witb.
it, ai aCKcfaid, fordKPi&lutieaof it) andtbere-
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^ *66f"""*^"' ^y ''^* Juilgmcnt of the faid Hourir, tightly uS*
' derliood, it is (HI) legally in Force and Being.
* But bccaufe fonte do object. That, in regard the
'Lords Spiritual, /a.uu>, the fitftiops, were owtcd the
Houfe of Peers belore the paffirg this Afl for Con-
tinuation ot the Parriamcnt, whereby their Vote*
tnd Confcnts were never bad in the Cafe, that Cherc-
fore it was an tllrgal A&, and fo fell void in itfcU ;
* 1 anfwer briefly, ThK the Abbots and Priof s
{twenty-nine in Number, who were fotaieily Lptd»
•f Parliament, and held fier Baroniam bom the
King, and had iheir Seats and Votes in the Koi^e
ef Peers, as well as the Temporal Lords) were dif-
fered In the Reign of King iiinry VIII. and yet
■ {k)i\i the Parliaments Tince, with all iheii A£t9,have
been held .for legs! and tuthcntic, without the leaft
' Quctlion or Contradi^on of their Aulhoilty ; and
tfiercfore it is as little to be faupled licre, in our pie-
fent Cafci which is ihp fame, the Eithops PfiviJ^e
wid Right to fit in Parliament being alfo null apct
made void, as well as theirs, by ^& of Parliament.
Whereunto much more might here be laid to tiiis.
Purpofe, butthatl would not be tedious.,
* Sewntbfyf 1 have but one Word more, which an-
fwers mfifi Ailly and uiiqueftionably^ll Mr, Prymu't
' Ghje&ioTis at Once, or -what etfe. may ^ ,faid for ijie
DilFohition of this Parliament by the King'sDeath %
and that is taken from the fupreme legiflatiye Autbo-
■ rity under God, that the Three Eftates^ viz. King,
'. Chords, and Commons, legally called, have ovei^all
Perfons and Caufes in the whole Nation : By vitlue
-" whneof they have Power to dothe higheft A^ons the
-*- Nkciort is Capable of, tho' it be even to the dilmeui-
beringof the Parliament itfeif, and diliblvin£a con-
' fiderable Part of it, orLaltering any othfr J*unda^ -
' ; noiul Conltitutions thc^ pleafeC<^)i fo it^y fee it ne-
- ' :. ■ cel&ry
* (IJ Seear£AutfrflC»lf,inIiittWriP«rtirfI«ffltote(oftb«Hilh
' Cbvkt uf Picliimenc, how ^c bordi gave iMir Vaic«i, p. tc.
(r J See Diiu, c( th« H ifh C«iitI of ParliaDient^ of (lie Power uU
iri/d.aion oi tbe P-rlia.-. eot, p. 36, whoftiA, 7l«f(i#J'(rBw-«irf
vrUiaiiK nf the Farlramia ftr nnHiig ^ LnetiinfrimJi^ if
W. iiftiramfcivJnit and abjriliftf. tail ounl J« tn/xUdtbtrff
Qtujittti'i'-fiiiivx'li/iiiary ifundl, &Ci
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APPENDIX. '203
cefTary for iU public Good, as, particularly in the An. mC«, 1
Cafe of the Bifli ps," calledthe Spiritual Lords, and . ' ' °' _,
by fome affirmed to be the Third Eftaie in Patlia-fj . ovembti.
ment j who, neverthelefs have been excluded by aa
Aflof IBc King, Lords, and Commons, from their
antiehfRight 6f fitting and voting in Parliament,
when, inthcii'Wifdoms, their SjIEon there appeared
hurtful to Church and State : For who may queftion
or control th;-'A(3ions of a lawful Parliament, while
none in the Ktngdobi can (o much as pretend to be
'abovethem? And if their Auihoricy beoffo large
"an Extent, even in.Matters of grealeft Weight and
Moment, then much more ihThings .of f<ir inferior
, ind miich lefs Concernment, as is the Confirmatiort
, ' tof a Parliament to continue after tbe King's D^arh
■"whtjcalled it, -'if the Three Eftates fliall Tee good to
■ pafsan AS, as nbiv they have done, to that Purpnfc,
(implicitly, though not in exprcfs Terms) the King
'happening to die before it hath been diffolved by an
-Aftof Parliatnent, as by -the Three Ettates hath
■ been firmly etiaitcJ, it fhould be fo diffolved, and
nootherwife,
* By this Time, it may be hoped, the legal Being
and Authority of the Long Parliament is fufficiently
evident; the Truth whereof being foclearly proved,
both by Law and Reafon, how .much doth it unfold
to us the fad and dangerous Eflate of the Kingdom,
whilll under the Conflitution of fuch Powers as
neither, in Eflaie, Liberty, or Life (tho' otherwifc of
good Inclinations to the Public) can give the Nation
^ any legal Security ?
'For tho' many excellent Things have been done
by the fingular Wifdom of this ptefent Parliament,
now fitting, that_ are of fpecial Tenilency in tiiem-
felvess for the Good and Safety of the Nation, thro*
his Majefty's molt gracious Condeicenfion, for which
we have iniitiite Caufc to blefs God i yet herein the
" great Unhappinefs, that whilJl their Authority is not
legally founded, the Nation can ptomife ihemfelves
no AITurance for the laftii)g Enjoyment of thofe be-
nefits and Securities they have giv^n it; feeing it is
to be feared, and toojuilly, they fall void of them-
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n. It Car. n.feWes, by virtue of the faid Parliament's ill^al
'^ft°- Policy and Cooftitution.
Ti "lJ ' Therefore, how much were it to be wtfhed that
the Supreme Lcgiflative Authority of the Nation
might again revere into that Channel, by which the
Peace -ind Settlement of the Nation, thro' his Ma-
jelly's mod gracious Influence, might durably, and
without Qucftion, be provided for and preferved.
'In reference to which I Ihall humbly take the
fioldnefs tu ofFer it, as a weighty and ferious ConG-
deraiion to this preleni Parliament now fitting, whe-
ther they fliduld not do well, for their own Safety as
well as the Nation's, to advifc his Majefty in this'
Particular, (they only having the Privilege and Op-
portunity now cffeiflually to do it) their Cafe in
' pi.int of Safety or- Danger, being the fame with the
red of the People's, when once they {hall come to
be dilTulvcd.
* Qui now here, brcaufe the Fears and Scruple*,
which. at itrft Apprehenfion are apt to arife in the
Hearts of the Generality of the Kingdom> may feem
8 great Obflruflion in Prudence againft the Return
of that Parliament to fit again, in reference to the
Danger of perpetuating of it, who therefore may be
rcAdy lofty. By fo doing we may en As ve King and
Kingdom to fuch a Yoke of Bondage, a> wc may
never be able to break off our own Neck3, or the
Necks of our Pofierity any more.
* I (hall give hereunto this doling. A nfwer. That
the Scruple is very rational^ and though there is a
Poflibility they might attempt or do fuch a Thing,
(though very improbable) if they Ihould fo wickedly
abufe their Trud, yet ihofe Fears will Toon be re-
moved from wife and difcreet Perfons, if we do but
ferioufiy confider, that the hi greater Number ofthe
Members furviving are of the fecluded Party, who
were thruft and forced out of the Houfc for their
I,oyalty to the King, or of ihofc that withdrew
themfelves upon the Offence given by Occalion of
the Army's Violence againft King and Parliament,
and have been the chief Inilrumenta of his prefent
Majedy's happy Reftoration : Aad therefore, being
Pcrlboa
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Perfons fo qualified, we Way cafiljf believe they will An. n Cw.d'
not be very willing to draw fuch an Odium upon . - , '*^ , *
Iheir unnained Credits, as will inevitably follow; HBTtabv.
befidn tbc further Mifchicfs itrill be apt to enfue to
themfclves ind the Nation, by renewed £>ifcon-
tents, fbould they go about to engroU the Au-
thority of the Nation any looger m their owii
Hands, than will be neccflary for public Safety, with
his pr«fent Majefty's Approbation j Aho, for fur-
ther Security againff thfife Fears, may eafily fum^
mon them together, by his Prochmition, to ff^iu-
haBy or where elfe he plcafeth before their Seflion
again in Parliament, and there receive their pcrfonal
Promife and Engagement to confirm the A£b of this
prefent Parliament, and to prepare a Bill the firft
Thing they do, at a certain I'ime to be agreed on
betwixt his Majefty and them, todilTolve thcmfelvesi
and for his Majefty's ifTuing out Writs for the fum-
moning of a new Parliament, that lb Things may
fweetly return again, without Violence or Injuiy
done either t;o his Majefty's Prerogative or his
People's Liberties, into a regular and legal Way of
Proceeding, to the general Security and Satisfauion
of the whole.
P. S. ' Becaufe there are great and general DiSt'
tisfaftioni conterning this prefent Parliament (fb
called) now fitting, in Quellion of its legal Right
and Authority, feeing the Author's Oeftgn is nothing
clfe but the Peace and Security of his native Coun-
try, and a thorough Healing of our Wounds and
Breaches, he humbly defires further to ofFcr thefe
few following Particulars, tO the grave and ferious
Confideration of thofe that ate more learned in the
Laws, in Hopes that fome eminent Pcrfon of that
ProfeQion will give a folid and judicious Refolutioa
to them.
* ftVy?, Sir Ediuard Cut/, in the third Part of his
Inftitutes, writing of the High Court of Parliament,
and of what Perfons that Court confifts, fpeaking of
theTemporal Lords; as, Duices, Manjuilfes, Earls,
Vifcounis, and Barons, Who fit thcrt by reafon of
their Dignities, whicb they hold by Dcfcent or Cre-
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rll-ation, faith. That every, one of thele, being of full
Age, ought tt) have a Writ of Summons, /* titbitf
■ j.jii.i^. ^ ■ .
• Where note, 4wo Things are required to tiiC
Legaliry of their Seflion in Parliament.
' Firjl, Th^t they be of full Age ; and if that be
a Qualification legally required of Peers, (for it will
cafily be granted to be moft abfurd and unjuft, that
they that have not Power by Law, as allJnfants under
■ Age have not, to difpofe of, any Part of their own
Eflates, or to make one legal A<5i to that Purpofc,
that fuch lliould have a Share in the Supreme Power
to judge, vote, and difpofe of ihe.Eftate and Autho-
rity of the whole Kingdom) I fay then, by Rule of
Proportion, that it is a Qualificatjon as necefiiirily
required of the Commons upon the faid Conlldera-
tion : And it were happy for this Nation, thcretore,
that it Were better looked after for the future, that fo
thofe Mifijhiefs may be prevented Which too ottca
enfue to the Public, by bringing fuch green Heads
kito fo wife and gtavc aCouncil.
• Seceiuify, 'Tis required to their legal Se^on in
Parliament, that the fjid Lords have Writs of Sum-
mons ; which thefe, now fitting in this prefentPar-
liament, never had.
* Next, The faid Sir Edward Coke, in the fore-
cited Place, faith, .That the Commons, which he
calls there the Third Eftate of the Realm, confiibng
of Knights of Shires fur Counties, Citizens of Cities,
and Burgefles of Borouahs, they all are refpeflivcly
tobecleiSed by the Shires or Counties, Cities and ,
Borou!;hs, by Force of the King's Writ ex aehitv
'jujlhia: Hut the Commons of thij prefeiit Parlia-
ment were not fo choleii, but by Force of a, Writ,
in the Name of the Keepers of the Liberties of Eitg-
' Thirdly, He faith, That, at the Return of the
Writs, theParliamentcannotbeginbutby the Royal
Prefence of the Kinjr, either in Perfon oi by Repre-
fentation. By Reptcfcntatiun two Ways ; either by
a Guardian ai England, by Letters Patent under the
. -Great
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Great Seal, when the King is in remote Parts out of An. .iij.j-i
- the Realm, or by Commiiiion unclei the Gieat Seal '^°.
oi England, to certain Lurds of Parliaiiunt, itp:c- r^i.Tim frf rt
fencing the Perfon o;"the King, he briiiji; wituin the
Realm, in refpeit uf Ome Inftrmit)?. (See in Ed-
viardCaie^ in his third Partof lnll.|,uies of the High
Court of Parliament, concerning the Beginnings of
Parliaments, p. 6.) But this Parhamcnt began with-
. out the Royal Prefence of the King, either in Per-
fon 01 by Reprefentation.
' Fmrtbly, That the Subftance of the Writs of
Summons muft continue in their oiiginal Kflencf^
without any Alteration, ot Addition unlefs it be by
AQ. of Parliament. ( See the Taxne Sit Edward
Coke^ in his third Part of Inltitutes of iheHighCourt
of Parliament, concerning Writs of Summons qf
Parliament, p. 10.) But how great an Alteration
- and Addition to the Subftance of the Writs of Subw
mons is this, toifTue them forth in the Name of the
Keepers of the Liberties of England, without the
]ca(l Authority of Parliament; which, by (he ex-
prels Statute, ought only to be iiTued forth in the
Name of the King.
' And therefore, if there be any Weight in Mr.
Pryine's forefaid Argument, to null a Pjfliameirt,
becaufe of the King's Death who called it, in regard
the Writs of Summ'.m were illiie'd forth in the
. Name of that King deceafed, with whom, by Name,
the Members of Parliament were called to conliilt
and advife, but now cannot, it will, 1 conceive, be ■
no hard Queftion to refulve, (and it were good Mr.
Pryntie would undertake it without Partiality or Af- ,
feflion) WhetheitheParliament,dothnot, ifjoFaffo,
. fall void, ajid all the Ads of it, further than they
• Ihall he confirmed by a lawful Parliament, which is
not called by any Writs of the Kins; at all, but
only by Writs, ai aforefaid, in the Name of the ■ '
Keepers of the Libt;ruei of England^ .{a.n'i by thofe
^ Writs none but the Commons) with wliom they are
fummoned to confult too about the BufinciTes nf a ■
Commonwealth, ( which thefe- Tunes have fuffi-
cicntly taught us the Meaning of) and not with
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'•lithe K'ng, about the arduous Bufinefies of tusKing*
dom.
* Thcfe preititred Illegalities confidereJ, in refer-
ence to this prefent Parliament, the legal Being and
Capacity (aBpremifed) of the Long Parliament, be-
ing fuppoicd to be here totally waved, Whetfier i? ,
this a lawful Parliament, ^nd capable to make leg?!
and binding A&sf Or, having been declared a lawful
Parliament by an A&. by ihemfelves, made finge
fheir Seflion with the King's Confent, whether can
the King's Confent make them fuch, tho' otberwife
unlawful in their Call, Principle, and Foundation ?
' For I would put the Cafe the King (bould have
come in while OUver'i or JUckurd's Parliaments had
been fitting, to which the Lords, (as now) fliould
bave prefented thcmfelves without Wria of Sun^-
nons, and his Majetty, under that Confiitution,
'0iould have confented to a Bill to grant them a law-
ful Parliament i woufd that at al) have made them fo,
tinder fuch a Conflitution ? Can that which is uti-
lawful in itfcif, and contrary tq the FundfUiicntat
Conllitutions of the Nation, be made lawful barely
^y the King's Confent f
* Which, if it Ihall be pleaded in the Affirmatiiv,
[tho' I very much queftion whc.her any underftand-
jng Lawyer will venture his Reputation on it) I Ihall
defire then to be infiru£ted in a better Ailment to
' make good the lawful Being and Auchqniy of the
Long Parliament ; forfurely, if a Parliament be law-
ful meerly bcCaufe of the tCing'a Confent, paflingan
A& for that Purpofe, tho' otherwife utterly unlawful
'inite Call and Foundation, then doubtlefs that Par-
- {lament is much more lawful, and in its legal Being,
that ivas founded upon a lawful Cal), and had the '
JCing's Confent t° ^^ A£l to authorize it to contintie
till they diflblvc thcmfelves by an Ad : And if that
pe fiill a lawful Parliament, then I am fure, upon
^hat ^ccoupt, this can be none, nor no other till
pit bf legally digy ved.
* Tp which there is this further to be added, con-
cerning the Intentions generally of ihc whole Na-
' t^* uf Inference |o this Parliament, bytfaebeftln-
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formation I can gather, That it was never in the An. t> Cu.U*
leaft meant that thcfc £hould fit to paf» Afls as a . '""• ,
lawful Parliament, which was dnly like to prove a Note'mlwt.
Snare to the People, as other Parliaments of t'he like
Nature, (o called, have done, thro' the Difpuiahle-
ne(s and Unwarrantablcnefs of their Authoiitj' :
But only that, for the prefent Neceffity, they might
beat the Face of Parliamentary Authority, for pre-
ferving the Peace of die Nation, till his Royal Ma-
jefty, that row is, might be happily reftored, the
Kingdom panting after him as their only Means of
Settlement ; and To foon as that was effeded, then
to dilTolve, in order to the fending forth his Maje-
fty's Royal Writs of Summons for calling a Par-
liament, according to the antientCuflorn and Funda-
mental Conftitution, (the old Parliament being firft
legally diflblved } that fo all Things might return again
intoalegalanduncontrovcrtable Way of Proceedings^
to the C^iet of all Men's Minds, and Satisfa^on of
the whole Kingdom, who are fufficiently weary of
the Mifchicfs of irregular Adings by illegal Autho-
rities,
*Cmthifun. IftheFowcrof iheEword, or odier
arbitrary Proceedings, do not inierpofe to Interrupt
free Debates, and the Courfe of Law and Juftice,
(which the Author hopes there is now no Caufe to
feir as formerly} all £f{ates and Degrees in the Na-
tion jiaving fufficiently feen the Inconvenience, and
tifled the Smart of fucb unrighteous Agings, he
doubts not, upon a fcrlous Confideration of the fore-
going Arguments, (if Men will lay afidcPaffion and
Self-intereft) but that right Foundations will fhortly
i^in be reftored ; that knowing our Ground-work
to be fure and unqueftionable, the SubjeSs of all
Sorts in the Kingdom may, with all Safety and
ChearfulneTs, fubmit to, and ad under, the lawful
Fowen in being, ev^ one ptiing in Peace under
his own Vine and Fig-tree, bleffing the God of hjs
Salvation> which is daily the Author's carneftand
moA hearty Prayer.'
U4 MiSCEL AN Eoua
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210 APPENDIX.
■*"■ ;**g':". ^MISCELLANEOUS. TRACTS,
^ Jiouarj. BUTRELATIVETO
PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS,
IT having been objcded to the Compilers of this
Hiftory that they omttteil printing the Warrant
for executing King Charles the Firft in its due
Dace, lince it was certainly an Ad of a garbled
Houfe of Commons, if not of the whole j we tfaiol;
proper to give it here, along wiih the Preambles to
4WO A£ts of the Convention Parliament, that rcfto^
fed his Son and SuccelTor, without any other Com*
ment or Animadverfioo upon them ;
At the High Court of Juilice for the trying and
judging of Charles Stuart, Kingof £ff^j^»>^^
January 29, 4mto Dam. 1648 (w).
Vbf bloody ^r^ Henai Charlas Stuart King of England, is and
Fwwt. ff jiandeth comiaed, atlaynied, ami condtmtud^ of
High Treafon, and ether high Crimei, and Senttaee
tipon Saturday lajl vas proneunctd againji bim if tbif
Ceurl, to be put ta Death, by the feviring of bis H^ai
from bis Body, of which Sentence Exicuthnyet timain-
fth ta be done : Theje ure therefore to will a«d requirt
yeutojeelhefaid Sentena executed in the tpen Street,
htftre Whitehall, uppan the Morrow, hfing the Thifw
tieih Day af this Iii/imt Memh oj j^nua^fy, between
the Hours af Tin in the Morning and Five in tit Af-
ternean tf the fame Day, with full EffeS. And f»r
fp doing this ^all be yaur fujidem IP'arrant. ~And
thtfe.ere to require all Officiri and SaidieUy and ethtr
fbegead Peaplf of this Nation of England, if *; affijl'
in
(n>) From an Enttaving of the Ori^nal.now in ihe Cullodjofthe
^onicof Lotdi, mi publilLed bjr ibe ADti<]uubli Society, iTSO.
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Sug unia fou in this Service. , Given under Qur Htndt^ H f"- I.
find Seah. ^'rf
*ro Colonel Francii Haeitr, Colonel Huncis,
" and Lieutenant-Colonel /*Afl7«, ind to eycfy '■
of them.
To. Bradshawe.
Tho. Grey.
O. Cromwell.
Edw. Whallbt.
M. LiVESAY. ■
John Okey.
J. Danvers.
Jo. BOURCHIKR.
H. Ireton.
Tho. MAULEVtRER.
Har. Waller.
John BlAkiston,
J, HUTCHlN9t)M,
wjll, goff;
Pe.Temple,
I. Harrison."
J. Hewson.
Hen. Smyth.
Per. Pelhai*.
Ri. Deane.
Robert TicKBoRne.
I, Hammonde.
PanielBlaqrave.
OwenRowe.
William Perfoy.
Ad. ScROPE.
James Temple.
A. Garland.'
^DM- LUDLOWE,
Henry Martin.
Vincent Potter. .
Wm. C0NSTABI.E, . >
Rich. Ihgoldsby.
Will. Cawlet.
Jo. Barkstead.
Isaac Ewer.
John DixwkIl.
Valentine Wautobu
Simon Mayne.
■ Tho. Hoeton.
J. JONHS. !
John PeNNE.
GiLBT. MiLLurotOH.
G. Fleetwood. • ■•'
T. Alureb. . i
Robt.'L'ilburne. '■
.Will. Say. . .. ..■
Anth. Stapley... s
Gre. Norton. ,.
Tho. Challoner, -
Tho. Wogan.
John Venn.
Gregory Clement.
Jo. Downes.
Tho. Waytr.
Tho. Scott.
Jo. Carew.
Miles Corbet.
f.yThj) N>ipci( not lf|ibte i" (heOti^al- Sertml niott of
them are »eij difficult to lesd ;' probablj bj Defign,
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Ag. IS Car. IL Tbt PkeamblE tt an Act for a ptrpttml AnkI'
.'^*°' . vERsAKY Thanksgiving « tbt igtb Day of
"' .May. .
Pretiubbte ttn' T^Orafmuch as Almighty God, the King of Kings*
rf*j£'***'*^ r and folc Difpofcr of all earthly Crowns and
^^' Kingdioim, hath, by his atl-fwaylng Providence and
Power, miraculoufly detnonftrated, in the View of all
the World, hii tranfcendent Mercy, Love, and Grz-
cioufhels, towards his MoftExcellent Majefty CharUi
the Second, by his efpeciaj Grace, of England^ Sat-
lendt Franttf and Irihind, King, Dj:fender of the
true Faith, and all his Majelly's loyal Subjeds of
this his Kingdom of England, and the Dominions
thereunto annexed, by his Majefty's late moft won-
derful, glorious, peaceable, and joyful Reftoratioa
to the a3ual Pofleffion and Excrcife q{ bis undoubted
' Hereditary, Sovereign, and Rcga] Authority over
them, (after fundry Years forced Extermination in-
to foreign ParB, by the moft traiterous Conlpiracies
uid armed Power of ufurping Tyraijts and execra-
ble perfidious Traitors) and that without the leaft
Oppofition or Efiiifion of Blood, through the una-
nimous, cordial, loyal, Votes of the Lords and Com-
mons, in this prcfcnt Parliament aiTembled, and paf-
fiorute Defircs of all other his Majefly's Subje^s j
which inexprefiible Blefling, by God's own moft
wonderful Dirpenfation, wn compleated on the
twenty-ninth Day of Afty laft pad, being the
moft memoiablc Birth- Day, not only of his Ma-
jefty, both as a Man and Pritjce, but likewife as an
a3ual King, and of this and other his Majefty's
Kingdoms, all (in a great Meafare) new-born and
raifed from the Dead on this moft joyful Day,
wherein many Thoufands of the Nobility, Gentry,
Citizens, and other his Lieges of il>is Realm, con-
ducted his Majefty unto his Royal Cities of London
and WefiminfltT, with all pollible ExprelQons of their
public Joys and loyal Aftb£tions, in far greater Tri-
' umph than any of his moft vi^onous Predeceflbrs,
Kings ef fnj/dfl^, recurncd thither from their foreign
Con^uefts : And both his Majefty's Houfet of Par-
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fiament, with M dutiful and joyful Demonftfatioiu Ad. t
of their Allegiance, publickly reccired, andcordially
congratulated his MajcAy's mofl happy Arrival, and
Invcfliture in hit Royal Throne, at his Palace at
ffiliittbaU. Upon all which Confidcrations, this be-
ing the Day which the Lord himfelf hath made, and
crowned with fo many public Bkl&nga and lignd
Deliverances, both of his Majefty and his People,
from all their late moft deplorable Confutions, Di-
vifions. Wars, Devaftations, and Oppreflions, to
the End that it may be kept in perpetual Remem-
faratKc in all Ages to come, and that his Sacred Ma-
jefty, with all his Subjc£h of this Realm, and the
Dominions thereof, and their PoAertties after them,
might annually celebrate the perpetual Memt>ry
thereof, by facrihcingUieir unfeigned, hearty, pub-
lic Thanks thereon to Almighty God, with one
Heart and Voice, in a moft devout and Chriftiaa
Manner, for all thefe public Benefits received and
conferred on them upon this moft joyful Day ; be i(
Iherefore enacted, isc.
fT>* Preamble « an Act /if tbi Aitaindtr of ft-
vrral Per fans guilty cf the berrid Muritr tf hit
hit SaertdMajefij King Charles tht Firft.
■ I N all hymblc Manner (hew unto your Moft^
X Excellent Majdfty, your MajeAy's moft dutiful
and loyal Subjects the Lords and Commons in Par-
liament aRembled, That the horrid and execrable
Murder of your Majcfty's Royal Father, our late ,
moft gracious Sovereign Charlii the Firft, of
ever blefled and glorious Memory, hath been com-
mitted by a Party of wretched Men, defperately
wicked and hardened in their Impiety I who, havii^
.firft plotted and contrived the Ruin and Deftruflion
of this excellent Monarchy, and, with it, of the tTu«L.
Reformed ProteftantReligion, which had been To long
protected by it, ajid flourifhed under it, found It ne-
ceflary, in order tu the carrying on of their pernicious
and traiterous Defigns, to throw down all the Bui'
vrarks and Fences of Law, and to fubvert the veiy Be*
ipg !Ui4 p(M)|litutionof pafliament, t)ntfo they might.
214 A P P E N D I X.
n. i*Cai. Il.jjj laft,makelheir Wayopenfprany further Attempts
,, ' ^' , upon the Sacred Perfon of his Majcfty himfelf j and
that> for the more cafy cifei^ing thereof, they did
jiril feducefome Part of the then Army into a Com^
plUnce, and then keptthe rcfl in Subjediion to them,
jiaitly for Hopes of Preferment, and chiefiy for Fear
of Iculng their Employments and Arrears, until by
theCe, and other more odious Arts and Devices, they
^ad fully ilrengthened themfelves both in Power and
Faction ; which being done, they did declare againft
^11 Manner of Treaties with the Perfon of the King*
even then while a Treaty, by Advice of bothHoufei
•of Parliament, was in Being! remonftrate ^aihllthe
HoufeE of Parliament for fuch Proceedings ; feize
upon his , Royal Peifon, while the Commif&oners
were returned to the Houfe of Parliament with his .
'Anfwer; and, when his Coiicijljons had been voted
a Ground for Peace, feize upon the Houfe of Com-
mons, feclude and imprifon fome Members, force
out others, in\ ihere being left but a fmail Remnaot
of their own Creatu.es, (not a tenth Fait of the
whole) did fcek to fhelier themfelves by this weak
Pretence, under the Name and ■ Authority of a Par-
liament, and, in that Name, laboured to profecute
what was ytt behind and unlinlfhed of their long-
intended Treafun and Confplracy : To this Purpc^
they prepared an Ordinance for ereAuig a prodigious
and unheard-of Tribunal, . which they called jfn
High Court D/Ju/fici, for Trial of his Majefly ; and
baving eafily procured it to pafs in their Houfe of
Commons, as. it then flood moulded, ventured to
fend it up from thence to the Peers then fitting, who
totally tejeiEled it ( whereupon, their Rage and Fury
increafing, they prefume to pafs it alone, as an A&:
of the Commons, and in the Name of the Cemmms
. «/■ England : And having gained the Pretence of
Law, made by a Power of their own making, pur-
' (lie it with ail poffiblc Force and Cruelty, until at
laft, upon the 3cth Day of Jenuary, i6+S, his Sa-
cred Majefly was brought unto a Scaffold, and there
, publickly murdered before the Gates of his own
poyal Palace. '
And
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APPENDIX. 215
• And becaufc, by this horrid Aflion, the Protc-*^ " c«. a,
ftant Religion hath received riie greateft Wound ^ "'*'' .
and Rcprolch, and the People of England the moft •
infupporuble Shame and Infamy, (hat it was paffible
for the Enemies of God and the King to bring upon
us whitft the fanatic Rage of a few Mifcreanta (who
were as far from being true Protellants as tbey were
from being true Subjects] flands imputed by oui
Ad^erfaries to the whole Nation : We therefore,
Eir Majcfly's (aid dutiful and loyal Subje£b, the
rds and Commons in Parliament alTembled, do
hereby renounce, abominate, and proteft againft
that impious A&, the execrable Murder, and moft
unparallel'd Treafon, committed againft the Sacred
Perfon and Life of our faid late Sovereign, your Ma-
jefty's moft Royal Father, and all Proceedings tend-
ing thereunto ; and do befeech your moft excellent
Majefty, that it may be declared, and be it hercbjr
declared. That, by the undoubted and fundamental
Laws of this Kingdom, neither the Peers of this
Realm, nor the Commons, nor both together, in
Parliament or out of Parliament, nor the People col-
leflivcly or repcfentatively, nor any other Perfong
'Whatfoever, ever had, have, hath, or ought to have,
»ny coerfivc Power over the Perfons of the Kings of
Ms Realm. And for the better Vindication of our-
felves to PoRcrity, and as a lafting Monument of
our otherwife tnexpreffible Deteftation and Abbor-
rency of this villainous and abominable Ka^t, we do
hirther befeech your faoSc excellent Majefty that it
may be CRaded> C^c.
u.a.i.z.d:y Google
ti6 APPENDIX,
In the Preface to the firft Volume of this Hiftdiy
Page 7, and 8, Mr. Secretary Rnjbaiertb is chargi!
with fcvcra! Omiffiont, and, we doubt, wilful Preva
rications, 'va\n» HiflsricaiCelifHisnt \ many of whic
have been proved upon him in the fuccccdiog Vo
himCB of this Work. That other Writcn vmi
liJccwlfe doubtful of Mr. Rujhwrib't Veracity, the
following Extra^ from authentic Tcftimonies will
fliew. The TwoLetrers were transcribed fitim Ori*
ginals, which were Tent to the Rev. Dr. Nalfun
whilA he was publifhing his, what is there railed.
Impartial Calhliicni^ Wf, meant as a Deie^on of
Riifi/vjorth't Errors, about the Year 1 680 j two Vo-
lumes of which were only printed, for the Dodor
did not live to jinilh the whole, which thefe Letten
were deftgned to aiBA him in. But tirft we think
proper to reprint Mr. Rufinuvth's Dedication to the
then Prote£tor Richard Cromtv/il, prefixed to the firft
Edition of his CoJle^ions i but which was prudently
omitted in the Second, publiflied long after Rufii-
vicrib'i Death, and of which the Reader will find a
' fuller Account in the fucceeding Letterf.
To his, Higbnefs RICHARD, Lord Pro-
tector oftheCommonwealthoffn^^frt/, Scet-
iand, and Iriland, and the Dominions and Ter-
Titories thereunto belonging,
May it pleafe your HightKis,
^Jr^'P'-n'fl'fi pt»r mdow camt far fiert ef nthm in htr
dOmmtll. Offtrs into the Jrtafur}, and yet^ tuhm fit had
pvin htr tvjs Mitts, Jht hadgivin allfiu had. I mufi
falljhertef her : She gave tf her ««,«, {ftr the two
Mites appear te have /ten Jo) tutfuch is tbeWeaintft
tf my Conditioty end the Nature ef this enjuing Dif-t
tourjey that 1 neither can, ner JhatI herein^ prefent t»
your Highr.efs any Thing ef myevjn. IbeWerisi Ac-
lims, and Atchievementi herein reltited, btUng alt
U ether Perfins ; end lean challenge hut the hart Re-
prefentatien, dad tht meiilding them inttfuch a htt^
whtrtin ibey new appear : A Bedj mt ef fe e»m-
Upl.z.U:..G00t^lc
APPENDIX. 217
^tat a Sbapi tr Pwrtrattariy tu maj ht vitrtby yat^
Tiigbtufi't A/pea.
It'i net tttiufi far Pr'tncts U bear ef and reed tb»
Aaiiaa «■ Mifcarrlagts #/ Pr'tnas j nay, af UJftr
Ptrfani j indeed they can hardly Jit mere uftful B«eit
hefart their Eyet._ It it bard far the Piht t» efcape,
mltfs he bath firji difcwered tbefe Shthet and Rtch
span which atbers have been JpUt : ffbat it that vii
tali Prudence tr Ptlicy, but a Syjiem . &f Obfervali»nt
end Experience! deduced fnm other Mtn't PrincipUtf
PraHicety PuTfcfei, and Pailingt ?
Jt tt the Matter etntaintd in this Story, relating
tt arbitrary Ciurjei, given IVay unto tyfprmer Prin-
teSylJhaltmakebeid tt ufe the Expreffun cf en tmi-
ntnt Perfen in bis Timt, [pshtn in full Parliament at
the Trial of the Earl tf Strafibrd ; who JPiaking of an
Endtaviur that bad bun ufid to fubvtrt the Lawsy
and tt introduce arbitrary Government^ haty among
Bther Pajfagtiy thit Obfervation. " There ii, in this
Crinte, a Seminary of all EvUi hurtful to a Slate,
and, if you confidtr the Riafans of it, tt mufi needt be
ft. The Law is that which puti a Difference betwixt
Good and Evil, betwixt Jufl and Unju/l : If '
ytu take away the Law, all Thingt will fall into Cta-
fufion, every Man will become a Law to bimfelfi
which, in the depraved Condition of human Nature,
mufi needt produce many great Enormities ; Luji will
become a Law, and Envy will became a Law, Csve-
toufneft and Ambition will become Laws j and what
DiHaltt, what Decifions, fuch Laws' will produce,
may eajily be difcerned. The Law is the Safeguard,
ihe Cufiody of all private Inter eji; your Honours, yttir
Lives, your , Libertiei, and Eftates, are all in the
Jteeping of thej^aw j without this every Man hath a
Jiie Right to every Thing : tfhat can be more hurifid,
mart pernicious^ than arbitrary Power, SicV Thus
far that Gentleman. Tour Highnift wilt find here
thf Mention of a great Prince, wba was wont to fay.
Me was an ild experienced King, and to him bclongid
the Calling, Sitting,^ and Dishing tf Pari amenls %
and he pubUcily /aid (I fpeak in hit twn Pbrafe)
** 7bat be hadbfoki theNeei tf three ParUaments" yet
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si8 APPENDIX.
ttt Ittfi he did esmpfy with his laji Pariiament, and
/aid, " Hefaw hepouU be in Love with Parliaments,
~ having under ft iad many Ibingihy thtm^ which othtr-
wipi he Jheuld never have known,"
Alereaver here you will have, in View, a fuc-
ceeding Prince^ who alfi broke thru Parliaments one
of ter another ; and how fatal that was to him fuaeed-
tngTimes have abundantly declared. "The Objervalias
is net 'mine, hut of much more ancient Date, thsfr
Princes who did mojl cenfult with their People in Par-
liament (that being the Common Councilofthe Nation)
have moft proffered in their Courfes, there being both
Safety and Love gained from fuch Counfellors and
Councils. And Parliaments, in the Nature of them,
ere goad Phyjic to cure and redrefs the Difeafes and
mjiempers of the Body Politic, which najlly grow and
overflow in the Intervals of them; yet many think ,
Parliaments are but an ill on/fant Diet, which cer-
tainly moved ^een Elizabeth, of famous Memory,
who was well acquainted with the Ponfiitutions of the
Body of this Nation, to call Parliaments frequently, but
to continue non^ very long. By this Meam Jhe wrought
hirfelf into the good Opinion of her People ; and, by
becoming the Mijhef of their AffeSiions, Jhe alfo be-
came, in fome Sort, the Mijirefs of their Pur ft,,
which were always opened unto her ufon thejujl and
urgent Occafions of the Nation ; but the Help and
jiid which comes from the People by Strains contrary
to the Laws of the Natian, and Liberties of the Peo-
■ pie, being drawn from them through Fear, wants tbt
Perfurr.e of a willing Heart, and has no longer Cent!*
nuance than whilji the Oppreffim of that Fear lajis.
But few Words are bej to Princes ; vouchfafe yaur
Highnefs Pardon to him who thus prefumes to make ft
mean an Oblation at fo high an Altar ; your good Ac-
ctptatiinwillbe the great ejl Honour to it, and^tg
Your Highncfs's humblcQ '
and moft obedient Servant,
• JOHN RUSHWORTH.
Far
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A P P E N D 1 t.._, 'hg
^Kthi Rtv. Df. Nalsof, */ the S}gnWthi Ship
M «(. Paul's Cijrf-fA-Krrrf. ••' '
SIR, -Jahuarf^o, i68l.
• ^O^'^ having obrcrVed any FiTciiice taken of the A Lemr at
■' ^ two ^iffirint Impri/n^ns <jf Mr. Rujhwertb'il^'p--'""^'*
firft Volume of Cdlcaiors, eltl^r by Dr. Franilyn^"^"^'
or yourfelf, in your laie Collc£iions, 1 have tranfi
eribed fonie few Variations, wbjch occut^ct] to uic
Ir a tranfient Cullatiori of the two Eiiiiions, chicfljr
to excite others of more Leifuie to a clofer ai^
more narrow Infpedioh. Not niany Years ago tiio
Hijiorlcal CeUeiiUm crept out in a ftolcn Editicn i
but, the better to prevent any Difcovery, wiih ihc old
Title Page-exaaiy; fo that ftil! the pietended Year
ia 1659. In this Edition (which I fhall ctH the Se-
cond] you will find thefe following Omiffions :
I.- *'Epift]e Dedicatory to ^iV/vn/ totally left out,
it not being any Advantage to the Reputation of th«
CoUeAions to have it known to Poftcrity, that they
VfKTK tendered b)i^ihe Author as'^ mean Oiiaihn tt the
HigbMtar of the late Protedorfhip. (Wherever you
tneet with any Claufe iA Italic, the Words aie Mr.
Ri^Mimh'i.)
S. ' In lh& Preface, Stctits cf Stsir, and (which
art tbt ff^erdt sf an AB of'fierUamini) the Depsrt-
mint efa Prince, wijify dij^ku lulling tuilb bit PtopU^
left out in the fcCOnd Edition.
3. * in ditto, If aiff tne engaged en th Xing' t Side ^
came forth in Print tuitb tbeliit Medtration, and fi«-
Lines farther, totally left out in tiie fecond Edition.
'4. * I have hut pne Word to fay to my good audi
' ■ worthy Friends af the Aroiy, and that muft be by
• Way of Apology, that this contains not what may
• be «(peCled by thetn from tne, the Relation of the
• Mouons, Anions, and'Atchievements of the Ar-
• my, which 1 acknowledge was the firft Thing ia
• iny Thoughts «nd Intetilions ; but, upon far'her
• Gon0deration, t ffHidd it Receflary to lo<^ back-
f ward, that wc may the better under Aand the Caufes
. VofciXXm. X •and
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APPENDIX.
*^d Ground* whidi brought the late War upon
* us, before we fct forth the Adions in the War.
* In thefomMr we may -Ice tke Vigilaocy jutd'Cate
* of «ur Ancefton, ta fecure and uphold our Liberty
( and Property, and to tranfmit the fame, in as much
* Purity as might be, to their Pofterity. Ii) fhe lat-
* ter, which are the Actions of tlje War, we fliall
* fee their Courage and Magnanimity rc.Uii^ an
- • higher Volut upm fhe Righti and Lthertits «f tbt
•* Natiffn, than upen their own Livei. Whom the^-
* fore, when I come in Order of Time to mention,
* and fliall alfo have Occafion to magnify far their
* Perfeverairce in maintaining .titti defeadtag ibeji
* Laws and Liberties, {ft redeemed toiih the Price of
* their BJaed) againft arbitrary Way and Gmr/eit
^howjoyfuljbaU 1 be te'empley my Pen to ehrntiele
* fucb of their Nahet to Pefleritj, who jt(ftly merit
* that pharaiter, as worthy tf double Hsneitr f AU"
*this, tnltalicy omitt£d inthelecond Editjon.
5. 'In ditto. Such frivatt Confultat'xon^^. fygh
Jlraiige CentrivanciSy dijeevered iy Papers, LeUtrf^
and Cabinet- Memwialsy feixed en in the Time ffffar.
Omitted in the fecond Edition.
6. * Page 156, Uncle to that valiaatyvUltriauSf and
feif denying Gerural, Thonu* Fairfax, iaie Command
ill Chief tftht Pariiaomtfs Jrmiet in EnglaiJ. Left
out in the lecond Edition.
■J. ' Page 164, But, a^i^ gaod Xing f tere vuit an
Endef his 'earthly Empire, and little did. he imagine
that the laft Period to Great Britain's Muutrd^
Jhould.nat muchexceed tie Time ef his ^ton Refg/if eni^
in the true Extent, come finrt of it. Omitted iath«
feCond Editionr '
8. ' Ibid. Thate is a Book faid to be writ- if m
Knight of Kent, and intituled, K.ia^s]ime3,'aCwrt^ •
mbich renders a farther CbaraSer of that Ki'^^ ^f4
forbear particularizing (iny thing thereof, fne Ndtiu
being put to the Beek) but leave the Reader to hif. Fm~
dom. IMl out in the fecond Edition.
' * Upon perufing thefe Alterations it it (ufHctentl/ -
evident, that thefe PafTagcs were not omitted out cs
Regard to the Government, but to the Author*
. . 5 %?
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A .P- P E N D 1 ,X. »2
fmoe tlielcfs bis Defign a[(peaTs, the 'ilior^ Crctlit
and lAuttiority isgitincS to die Bbok. Tlffc PinTort
palTes ui]lur|)e<^. aAdithe Wrlttngi iMk ^theitloK
iinpvtial, iioiwkhftatfdii^ the Hook, is lo ^ Sub*
fiance, .continiesM peftittnt and pCmldous'^M be-
fore. Vuiegr,of Rcflediofi* might be tnaile, hue
1 '&aU fuily temuk thac, in the focond OnTtrffion,
he dignified a iZ^MM^Mcr-with the Stilb of- xk ^
gfTa/i'^irunitwiiematAti' theKinr flaftds AcA-
f&d.or.£)il]i«nljit(oii, yet theHppdcxify dTWI^Re- ^
jtiies^will render them uiialna^B tu all Ages. '
'' liljthe 't'hird he pVris iiimfdf n©t to Tjerfthe
lUng's -?ar^, Mtd bids Dali;iRce to kny to Mine ' -
forthgnd aafwer. ' ' .
* Ii;, the founk hk 'doth publidtJy '^eclari an3 '
own his Went *nd DfcAgn to-be hir the'flonodr of
Im gap^ Ff itiKU the Ataij, whidi, cer^iitly; at th« '
Time of hit writingiv f**^ i'"'^ through tlie vAtoU '
Circle of Villainy, Ticadiery, -utd FMsnef^'.- ^Httt '
Jutticc the^Cav^n aAd RoyaKAs May txpe^ frcm '
Ml-. Riijbviftrt^f Pen, y«0 miiy eafi]y condude, '
when he cal)« t^ Re)>dli(» ■fttUn^ »n ifigh Value '
vpBU thi Rigiti mnti LUirjitt if tht Na^of, tht'^
TfJeirautg a^ tiw Laws' I'imd .vJfriiy "/ dnAUffsrtenr. /
Avi ihh to it rxtr^ »'*f>-'}*f '" hh Chr3nicle af '
their jtffimi. Inontiiking thie1% PalTi^'in bis 'fe- '
cohil Editiojtt VPia ^tntainiy will (nfptB his Pru- '
denpc though the Fifth inight have been contitiued,
iince the Efieas e< thofs e»ttruks arc ftHl both
grange ai)d piiyafe to iiufAiiing Men.
* The fixth Omi&on ii- alt^thcr as ftafoiiabtey "
finec t]^ Remafkiini^' (inly'have letfltfi&dd Qs,
that both ,eur Autho's Ma^^ und hhhIvK-Agnol
(ai'tbe Uner, in all Probability, alfo penned) that '
bloody and traiterous R'emonlliartci iftom £l> M*
ban's.
* ItishigRl^ (t^ofeable that the Icventh was Mr.
RvftMMrtii't owrt t^iion, as well as Mr. mifm's^
aa if the Author neither wifbed or imagined the .
Reilornion of King Jamt'i Ifiue.
* The eighth OmifiiDn h likewife as proper for
Us Purpofc, fince it was only too plua an Initance
X a ■ / • "of I
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APPENDIX.
. of his PartuJUy agsunft King Jamts^ bjr Rferring the
Rc^cr to fo infamous and fcuKlBtoiis a Libel ; tbo'
(if Samtltr/tn. fpealu true] Sir Jntbtiij H^eUeHt As
Author, repented of it on his Heaih-Bcd. And left
it Ihould be pretended that thafe PalTues were put
out by the Printer, without the Author's Knowledge ;
bcfidei the Improbability of die Suppofittona we may
cafily perceive diat It wjs the Eva'tion and Finefle of
our>iuthqr, Tincc it cannot.be denied but that there
are alfo Additions of duce very confiderablc Speech-
es in this fecond Editini, very much to the Honour
oftheQovernment, «bc. PBge48i, Sit Jibti fiiuVt
Speech, with two of t)ieI>>nl-Keepcr*i wherein
' the Notion of the Three Eftatea ia not obfcurely
hinted. Tbe common Mifiake of which hath been ,
the Occitftoh of its bdog demonfltated, beyond all
Exception, by. the 'admtiiU>Ie Auilior c^ the Grand
^eftigtti to which {hall be added what is not there
obferved, (if my Memory deceive me not) vix.Tvo
Evidences ih Qiteen Eiixa^sll^j Reign ; the one at
f^ lyjaf Pttrreui'tCeliiffitiit, in a Proclamation
againfl ftidiiious Btxdcs, ,arc thefe Words : Prilacy
being ont eftht antitnt' EJfata »f tbii Rttlm uHder btr
Highmfs. And in anothcf, raf/e aoi, of the fame
Author, Cimfenfu tritan Segmi tuftri Statuum-, to
which may be fubjoincd the Papers oFth'e 5th of
Nevmtierf according to the p^efelI^ Alteration, (for
the Words were otberwife in King "jatntft Time)
in the Communion Service, inftead of the CcdleA
for the Day. The Words iikewife of the 37th Ar- *
tide of Religion feem evidently to. import as mudi,
by declarii^ ^ Queen's Majefty Governor of all
X^ates, vhtAcT Balt/iqfiieMt ar CiviL
*■ Sir, I beg your Pardon both for my 0|hioofnels
and Lengtbf and refer all to yow mature judgment,
a» being,
SIR.
TturwiiimM fii^md,
■ jM bumhU StrvoKt,-
Extras
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APPENDIX. 223
£xtr^a af a Letter fravi Mr. John Laugh-"
ton/is^, iiir</«'iin «/■ Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, w th( Rev, Dr. Nalfon. ,
Hmturtd Sivy Auiuji 2.y 1681.
• I Muft confds that, at the Sight of your laft kind ,_^ .
X and moft obliging Letter, I could not but blufli.ft^" *" **
and be heartily ashamed, having To long ago raifcd-
your Expc^ation, by proniifing to give Aflift^ince to-
that Work fo beneficial to the Public, which you
have ib genfroufly undertaken . I am extremely
fenflble that all I could contribute towards it is fo
little, tl^tit ought -either to h%ve been doite fooner,
or morc^fuHy pcrfoimed.
' For I fijid, after all, ; (to my great Trouble and
RcgretJ that 1 muft, of Necpffity, hpve Recourfe to
that Shift oF iiiaking Apologies, or begging yoitr
Pard6n, Tmce what 1 now fend you fo tate, fviUi I-
fear^ amount to tittle lefa than 2 Diiappoinimeot.
* I have f^veral Tirjics read over Mr. RujbwsriUt
firft Volum^ and thereupon had rcGslvcd to proc6cd, >
. in bis Method, tio dete^ the Malice and Partiality of'
ys Colleaions. , ', ,
f Conlidering with myfelf what the whole Drift
and pclign might be, it feemed very plain and ap-
pirent to mej that it was no other, in general, than
to vindicate thC; Rebel Long Parliament, but more
particularly to gather up fuch Materials as might
rboiewfaatJuHify, and give fome Colour, to all the
I Lies and Calutnnie; contained in that accurfcd De-
claration of ^«i. (I, 1647, wherein they .exprels
their Grbundi and Reafons of their Refblutions to
make nq furt^r JV^.di'c'Ib to the Kir)g.
vlF^is ^aile^ Fttirff*\ by bringing up the Army
then to Lmdnt, to ferti^ both City and Parliament, '
had the greatcft Hand in coatriviag thofe traiterous
Votei, and getting them to pafs the Houfe, which
was the lirft and more immediate Step towards the
Murder of the King.
* Rii^worth't Intention, I doubt not, but it was
to palliate that horrid Villainy, fo far as he hitnrdf,
^ X - ■ .."J"
fm}: Thif Mr. Lfi^tn wu imctiU]' ^putoj 1 WUg in the Uu-
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224 APPENDIX.
ftnJ his Maftef , were concrrned in it, by falfely rc-
prefcnting and en<<e>ivourLng to blacken the King.
* That Declaration contains all the Venom that
was in Bradjkaitie'i Speech at bis Trial, and in all
the peflilent Libels afier his Ma'tyrdom.
f In the relating of all thefc Matters and Tranfac-
tions, which are the Ohjcfls of thi Dcdaration aod' "
Charge againft his Majelty, it was my Defign to
(licw. Rufinva'tli'i Fraud in perverting and conceal-
ing (he Truth ; for which I have tranfcribed what
ffvetdl have wfit in Defence of his Majelly, ai tO
that Particular, and in Confatation to tbe Declan-
, * There are fiverat- Apologies for lri( Majefty
{)nnted in 1648, and a Book Ta id to he writ by
Wbnp Brvrrtiaili intituled, BfK£*'AxA<(f^j in An-? -
firtr to Afthtn's EfMW«/aV'>r» out of wftich, if Ruffi*
Dt»rtbYi»A been an hop cf^ Man, h^ might have gi"
Vcn a more true and advaxitageoui.Accounfof £1,
Treaty with Sfaiw^ -axtd the Bufincrs of RtchtlU^ tixl, '
theDeatlioflCing^'"'"'**'!'' Defigns oftbc GfrnMi:,
Hbtfe', Loans, b!c. it being not the Part of a £iitli-
ful Hilterian merely to record fuch Matter* of Fa£t.-
as may admit of a ftiiiftci; Interpretation, without rc*
latins all the Cir(;tiniffiuice3 which might eaTiIyvio*.
dicate the Pcrfons therein ctMiccriied from beiii2,
mirunderflood Or caluRmiUeil.
' Butf on the other Side, ho* induftrioully dodl
he conceal tnanyThin^, ill laid or done,, by th(j-
Republtcans ?
'He gives not the leaft Inttfnation bow Eong;
Ti^irJ^r (he Martyr Was deferted and betrayed by their-
PBrliaflKnt he called, in being engaged in. a War
with Spain ; bow, rnftead of a^ftiiig him theieii)!
andfor the Recovery of the pBlatinau^ they ¥TOuld
do nothing till-all' fuch Things, as they ^cn account-
ed Grievances, wcrtfjredfeffcd.
• The Perfons who had then a Defisn to pei^eX
him, and difappoiuthis MijeftyV Affairs,' are wcQ
difcipHncd by Dr. Hejlin^ in his Life o^ Abp, Laii4^
and others: Alfo the private Cabals that were hcl<^.
by the fa^ious Paity, concerning y^bicb ^ou n»y
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A P P E N. D I X. • 225
'find a Letter of Sir Anlhany AJhity't^ iir the Cahlit
a/' tefun. Edit. Fd p. t. In iht fame CeM^,
p. 277, there is a lai^e Letter to the King ai Ignitir,
giving a true Accoumof the Malecontents offeveraT
Sorts wd Parties'} which I^etter Mr. Rufindtrth (ii,
his Manpcr is) corrupts, by giving only an Epitome
of it, quite difguifing the Scnfc, and leaving out the
NatotA of thofe Perfons therein iuQIy cenfiircd ; and
tbis he ^otb generally in his Parliamentary Debate;',
as kwJU plainly appear by comparing that imperfsdi
Gopyi. wWch I have herewith fent you, (hoping it'
maybeof ib^eUfc.to you) with his Relation and
Account, of riie Trahfeaions of that Parliamertt
Viiich wa« aAettbled the 1 7tb of AfdrtA, 1627.
* Y9* Dwy obferve, that thofe Speeches n4iicl^
qcprcTi atqr Loyalty, and do but acknowledge his
Itlajcfty's Power and Prerogative, Wf. are mbftof
them condemned and fuppreft by him, as imperti-
nent, indeed, to his -Defign : He curtails fo.me of
theih, and co^av^' others ; the Reafon -whereof
may Iboq be (^fberned upon Perufal.
* Asforlnflancet p. 68,69, 71, of the MS. there-
aM ftVetal Speeches of the King's Sollicitof, arid JSir
£dwdrd Catii't Anfwer to them, omitted. They
fhe/bii he infertcd in Ruflrworth, p. 509.
"'^■Itft'evidentwhy they are left out : l^e would '
tAiflet fuch a BHir remain on the Name of Cait, as
to Have been of one Opinion when he was a JudgCj .
uii'm Favoir at Court, and of another when a Pa-
Kidt,; and difguftcd.
* Gfift'; true Charafler you may read in the fore- -
cncntibned pibai^^ writ (o himfelf by the Lord
Bam^ p. 88.
*'^t' that Letter, whicKl^for&inentioned, Ci-
hdlie', p 277, gives fo true a Reprfefentatlon of die
Stait of AlkvK at that Time, that, mediinfcs, it
Wotild not be aRiifi to reprint it, with (bmc Comment ~
and Annotations upon it ; towards which a Book, in-
ntjled, JuUcus Ccquinariis, or an Anfwer tothat vi-
rulent Slander of fVtUm, called, 7bt Cturt aud ■
C^araHtr d/ King Jzma j together widi Dr. Hey
Ij^t Remafki upon FutUr*Sy Saundtrfm'it and Ham-
X4 am
226 . APPENDIX.
■ ■" mat VEjLrangii Hiftoriesj wjnild fuflicicntl^ furoilh
out M-atcr«rj.
* But, above all, I caiinot but recomipcnd Salman
ittt's hi/ioirt des Trtukttt di /a Grand Brrtagwi («^»
who, above all ihit I have yet read, giwes the clear-
ed and moft exa£t Account of our Affairs,- fi«tn tfae
Year 1633, to ihe End of the Rebelliony- 1^49.
Pari,, 1661, Fcii^, "
* Amongit the Li'i^els ^hich, a&cr the fMblution
of theParliamcHC, AJgy^chio, 1628, were both con-
V\vii and difperfed by (he Republicans, there wai
ens called, A Pripafa^ fw_ bit Mi^,/y's SiffvUt,' i9
b'idle tht JmpiriiKtren ef PariiaO^i, tfy, which'
Mr. Rvjbworib publ ifbes in the Appen^x,' pi 11, te-
have it b|elieved a real Dq&^ ijiA io be' put 4i|
Pfa3j(:e y g^erwifc. Why did be nbt piint k, loge-
ihcf with the Attorney's informatibn, as to i> io i)ie>
Paptpt^ct I have fent you i. ' ■ ■ • I ' ' ^ '
Mt. 4r^'*'' ChatU, of Tr imtf CtU^ft OxM, hi* Ba* :
pen concerning. Rufitwertk't CaUtttioUt (bj'.
Mr. Ck^y, *- \T/ ^ AT M>. SecreU^'s (<) Defign was ii|,.
Nam DB Rufif yV ikititi«g^ cannot, I think, be doubted by toy.
"«»<** Man,' who 'co ifidcts what hi» Cbarader and Prac-
tices wercin t)ie late Rebellion,' particularly in G^-
ins thblcbloody'RemohftraDces for putting the King
\b Death, and continuing. Secretary to Cremietii afr
tti the dlfbanding of Fairfax; to thw may be addal,
thdit any of his gteat Admirers' may be dened to pra«
duceoneiingle Pa/^ge, expretling the Icaft Remorfe
or Penitence far his abetting and concurring tn tboCe :
v^ckcd itid ifrtpioiii Aftionst This I confels cannot
be Matter of Wonder to any Man that has read his
WorltS i for there. Hot Only th'ro' the whole Tenor
■ of his Difcou; fi, but,' from ih'^ ^'piflle Deditatory aiid]
Prei^ce tbtia %t^' Volume^ tt a^years that his In- ,
tention
r'd; Th'l ftook WH tranllitcd *M publillied l>x Subfciiplion, in
Filia, Ijf^,' intknM, Salmruttf-Maairfi HiJIpiy ef lit TfeeilO'
t/Cnatt Britain. Secorid Edilwu. ,
(i) (hU, widi d« two prccecdiit( ^^ttot, ««re ooMmuninud tS
I. Dr. r: Ciiji
kni Crtmbitk
APPENDIX. 227
tention was to juffify the Aritrf^ Uibtm hi reehns nw^*
thy if ibuhU fianaur (e), and who then Were guilty
of as mucli Opprel£on, Bioodihed, and Ty»nny« ai
was ever cxcicifcd by any Pagan infulting Soldiers.
But to put it beyond tbe Qiieftiun whore Intcreft he
was to ierve, IVh'uhcki, in his Memorials, p. 666»
iccorcls it to be urulertalcrn by the Order of Crtrif.
well, and to be alloived by himfeLf, who was to fur-
nith the Materials -, in which Rcfpe^ he (wan ta hav*
been defigned Hiftoriographer to the Protrtior and his
Ajmy: This being cuDfidercd, no Cavalier or Son of
the Royal Piirty muJ{ expcfl to find any more Jul^ice
&om his Pen, than was found formerly from bn Ma-
jtrfly'sNighCourtorjuflke, fSV. Any Mantnayea-
fily guefs the Tendency of his Books, kjf the Princi-
|ilcG and Adions oFbia A<dmirer*i whoaM wnntiiUHlf^
iy all the UiiTenting and Republican Pwtyt who. <■(>•
nn all Occafions, ^pcal tQ them a* $n Apology for.
their paft and future Aftionsj yet it cannot be denied
but, thro' ibe OiJigence of the Fa£bon, and the Po>
polarity of his Pretcncea to write without Remark or
Rcfiedion, fever^I uqthinkiog, ofhorwilcilonRA, Per*
fons have been prcv^W upon to give I0» Riuch Cre*
dit and Cot^ntCci^uwe to Boolu that defcrve neither
Praife tuw fegar^ ^pfW uiy RefpeS i For, upon Ex-
amination, it w||L,Bppc«r that his Exa^efs is not
flich as his gfeat.AtlfD<reu pretend* who ufually re-'
cqqfqfeod Iwn vpoa thAt .Topic as in&llible, and te
he fciifKl on a* mofticeitain..
. ». ; Articles ol'Tt^t ^^hoo of ^Bf*^<r,.oponM'*»k«« t*
wliicb he ipMco;grw«rfk&.R««eaions cont^ary to*^''*™"
ht&Prar^f of'Qpnn W aU t . Ik calls faiov ia the Mar-
mn, Hm- V^'^/i jvhich .is, -a Milhilce ixnb ;» to hi« -
rf^nw .^od' TJtlf,. .it being only Mr. C«r^« Who
was.thei} Biflw^.i.. " ' ^^
■ 2, ' Ney'.i ptmA Is p|)Ke<l In the wrong Y«tr, the
Sesrctary giving ttwi^**^''.''^'^ ^9*^^°^ ^'^
in the fJUowtne Year. '
* • ■ - 3. t The ■
l^tj Tht Preface to ^tie {fcaai Vuliiitie dedirej ilie Authw'i Di-
Cgn to be ih* lanw A io tlit Grit, uti it ii Vridattly a Libel ifiinft
Kinf'CSi'in the FirH'i CaKmtnHit, and ImIu like ]ti»Diin| up of
iniaue i(*inS him*
..C'.oogic
A P P» E N^ t) , I 3f.
->. ' Tb-* tiwrrtberof thoTettei <fied 6f the Plagnff
is talfe, if itie Tables of Mr.- GratJnt are true. rJ^/
Graunt's Bills, anJ Hodges de Pefti.
i,> Hskh's Rccsntation WJa two Years before the
Time he niemions (/), There Mi fla Ices,' however
Onalli, ^'et prdve htm notlbprodigioU% exa^t ^fome
reprefew [g). ,
5. 'Coflipofeion of Fines not truly recited ac-
Coi^ing to Prfnn'e's Account.
. & ' Shlffiild fined 500 /. f A).
- PrOttftation ^ 7r^ Bt&ops net in Aim, 1639,'
but ifijftj Juquiify slfo BMy be made, 'whether h»
tetKouS'Accduna made iirf the Swrdifl> Wars^ which'
take u^fonM butidredv of Paget, be eitlier ufeful ot
tMTinetit-to kls Design, haVhig no Relation to fv-
^andf nor My Autboriiy f6r the Truth of rhem. Of
dKrfaiHcNiitfeM'iremeiAof^tis Stai^Chambcr 'Cafes,
tfnd his msijriofpertinent' Accouau of the ferend
Ssmitrf MolMflriiftd tw Shipwrights, and the un^
yaxAonlkAe MdKb()ly of Sbap Bbilers, mentioped, no
]«fs than fevW Tint^ atOa^^ ' If his Books went
truly ciWRitne<<l, I betievs mot^ than 500 'Page*
■woyd'beftxHK) jritogfctbcr/ii^ff;)8««a^yWtw/ntj, ud
imfmintiit^ otttd Ufe, Benefit, «r Pletftlre.
* But however ^ur^ tedibitf d>e Secre tar y is
iR eomrounicatfaig foi many inSpikaot and itiUeA
Rahtbne, be ho* -lilceim omitaed laanj' confi-
derable Papen, u ftktifs PfinK ^Meh y King
^«wf'/ Declaniion of die OaofiH moving him to'
put Ktnffliigh to Dcadii f MMM'f Hofiata), SpalMt't
Cafe, IiOKl //<r«(ri't AcoMin of the Siege of
ilfcMEr I inth ilivetttl pfMic Or4m pubKOei dun 1
lite EfopeKir of Htrnoti Letter to King CSarltt
theFirft} ^a Ptinca£l«a«^i-Manifeftoe* printed
in England; Archbiibop USvr'f Speech aboufSupre-
macy { King Jimu^i Tfetfltoi ylitnf 1622, at the
fameTinM i^n-the Princf'went taSpaitii with
many other public Papers slthc^ethpr ORHtttd, aa
appears
(f) UniverlU Rafter plun it two Ytta hdoft 16 ji.
f rj I^MiTi AniioDitia (lie 1 tiiic Account of tU the BaanCib
tiou, none of whkh utrditcd by Bi^bvitrth ic larie, iho' To tedt.
•M io leflcT Tfainp*
C^J/ZyiViLiicoTCflir. p,ii7, bfiiMo/. tb'laaK bf frjnDM
ia bil Ti»l (f C«rir, p. loj. '
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A -P P E ^ tD :I 'X. 229
A[tpears to luiy that Su^ ooofiilt^iher fttflsariesoA
(hofe Times. , <
* But cerUinly never was Pramirewoifc laeptihin R«'>«^'^ *^
the Secretary*!,, made at large Jn C»pital Iictnn^'in^ '
the Title Page of hi> Book^.l^tub l)ia ColkOimm:
were only Matltrs tf Fo3, without Ot^cnwftvM ars
RetnarisX'), there Tc^rcs bcing^tfra P*^ vttfaOut'
(bene plain Reflc^om, or fa^i9US.li^iniuitKini-.;lUi.
IVeftmt being a Paptil, Captain A^fb/ a g'eat Incen-
diary in Irtkndy and generally againft Laud, Judge
BtriUjt i^<- ^a-^ih.i*io\itt^»fCa«t*rhtay. Re-
pairing of St. Pauet-\x ca^t tht Deuttim tfthefh"
Tivtis, which indeed was difFprent from tkat of hi*
}Az^er Fairfax, who Umed.tiie- ChuKb tntaShlifBi
and SublcSi
* ReSedioni upon th< Star Ctwotbcringcnctalt
sod Bifhop fyilUamt^tCtJktfi panikulflr,. ivlnqr^r
upon all Occalioiis, he Hvam^ .Lotd.'.Stiktmr't ■
Cafe faIfely^ and itialiciouiit^ {;e)aU<l. JUit^f/iwati'-
■ a tttDtUrate -^MiAmpin ;,wit|)|Qlinjt morere&ding-'
' Cbara^lera dilp^ed tt^rovgjwwthia'Boo^
' DccIarttlQn about Spons, ceiWured ataSnora j^
but none more nunifcflt|)«|tfa>QHna«ube.pse> '
of thofc Gentlemen that ^nu^« fopMlar Jn^fa^icui
Speechu- ia ttv iKmg fariianent, irtiicb be-hM
huddled t»g^ther without .ai^. Order .Mn.AKtJbr<
particularly cooiplaining* in the laft£dittan£af'Ms
PoenwrOf hi«'^ech.buiig,mi£lPMJhtd ;.ib jliiwwrfe
the Chara^era of the Tcveia^ l/hat^a of the Triri .
ofthcEarl of Staffj>r4f 'Vf^nii^ are contnuyitolMB-
Pfoniifij of m^kmg, no Rc4p3iiBi» at aU,. and viT^'
partial in- themfehe*; finpc Cwainly Jaftieo Ma*
Ttuth would have rcqutredihatMootioa ihuaUiiM^
beenAMile of i^A^^lj briag one of tb»-£Tc Merti'
bers, ai well aa'of bit beio^cifiated'StfTM of. Gl^f ;
Sl,JoBnhs.in%l4:>ii Chief JuQice under CfwuW/,
as. well a« Serjeant undei Chariit ihe Second, iit.
Upon' the whole, he has vary plearmtjy given all
the ' advantageous Characters to recommend their
Speeches to be believed, and omitted every. Thing
(i) A p*rt P»fl of Ri-^nvinl it vtrimm t
iuiy'i Doom, wtiweo b j Frjiai.
..C'.oogic
ajo A P P 'E N D I X.
dut may leflen the Credit of them, as oF Wbitkciu
HimfdM^ St. y*htf, Cfs. (ly
• Preface to Siraferd"! Trial, he calls it s mo^
ibiibtrau and ftimh Trial; whereas tha Afi of Par*
IhBieat, wthe &td, terms all the Proceedings (»-
wmtiimu and irngtiiar. "Excufes thtRatiit, as being
mither inlblert nor terrible (m)i herein, contrary to,
all the Accounts of thofe Times, the King's Reflec-
tion upon the Munler of Sir'efftrd^ ' and the Words
(^the A^ ofPa^Danientiii reverfuig of it.
'« The Paper ported ty^ot Strafferdiaia a aTriclc
■ of one of ^cKing't Party,- n he words it himfelf.
The enaSing thfc Trial to be iio Precedent, is infi-.
nuued as a vulgarCrror.
• Reflexion upon the Preface to ti« Oxford Sta-
tiitet, ^e, maliciOlM, uid difingenuous, as alfo tctt
imMfcAi'iioMMteeBeiAg takrnof the great Car^,'
Point, -«iw DeWrtratien )ri the compiling ; its being
expded to public Vhws whole Year, before it waa
n^dficdeitberbjrtheKtlngorUniTcrrit^: (mdtif'to^s
Antiquities of Jhe- Ontvetfify of Oxftrd) nor znj
Kotke taken of the^ m»ny Statutes providing tho
inQft.cfiftual Maantf fdt fecurbig the Proteftant Re-.
li|jon.in tiw.Univti^ty ; as dll Members, at their En-;
truce and tal^jtag Dfegrcea, Tublcribe to thfe Thirtjr-
nine Articles, and fajw'tfie Oaths of'Atle^knce and
SuptetmcjF, htt-
, * Befide* the pdp^ ahd manifeft Falfitrof King,
^Mwl'i iSpeoch, inoMnpv*b1y deieSed by Dr. Na^
fmii both the /i^iiaSettMnces are not Critically given;
wliich fcannot eaftly be iougincd to come from the.
Mouth of one reproached, even to a Fault, for a
Gfupmaiian and a Scholar.
• Ka RedBd of the fevcra] Recmtations, Htdgii^
TTftrntt &e. for preaching agiinft Armlniani&n, not
fairly related ; betides Rainsftrd, for preachinz againft
theCalvintflsCn^, (ouHy emitted ; ofwhich he could
not be ignorant, fince he <^uotes the Regifter of the
Univerfity ;
fl) TWe Inflincet ftoo partly W ittane > Cenfure it luce.
Plii Sajhwttib, Firt of ilu Utter Eitdof dta feivnd VoUunc, u4
^ilWDj of Stmjftr^iTfid.
(m) RnJhtvartb'i Trial ef Sirtff&rJ, p. 41.
(a} ndt K^tWi AniliDKicf, •nd Btjlin'i Life of Itiul,
A P P E;.N D I X., 231
Univetfity 1 ^ut Irit R'eafon for omitting it U very
plain, fincc th^t would bare difcorcKd the Renfon ol
thePunifluncnt to have been not for preaching *;<i'^
Armwiamifm, hatlht King' s Prulametim.
* Mr. Rtifinutrtb complains mudi of the Inter-
iniQion of Parliaments fat twelve- Ytan* and tlw
Miferies attending it i it may partly be expelled h<
ml) give « fkll Account of tbfr Feliclttet- attending
the S«ffion of twelve Yetn next mfningi |{]cewi(e oF
Che Correfpondence betwixt the Satt and Bnilifi\
the Intrigues of the Army {«4iidl be botfts to be
well verfcd in] in di^iollng of the CMntnons mur-
dering the King, and fuhveiting the G^ivernment.
If he would give a true Account ^ thofc Aftiofis , be -
might polBUy oblige PofterJQr mon than the Fic-
tion.
* As the Paptlls did in C^een Marfi ke^, the
fame did the E'ani^ica> in the Ute Rebdlioni Mr. -
prjnnt having torn gut of the public Re^Oer of ^
UniverTity three whole Folio Pages» containing an
' Account of his Eptpulfion from tbencc % whiGb> th(^
feen, no Mention is imade of it by Mr. Rjifiimnb. "
* The Accounts of the Trials of Cin^, Si^ ■■
fifUy^nfeeit aulicloufly rcprcfeattd, very difilROt '
from the Accounts given by, Di* HifltK (r). QmA
Refle^on upoti the Satt Litui^*
Tranfubftantiationi ^e. iit.
{r) vat IsKti TriiL 111 Ui > lic|e Mtaofiript NuntiTe tt
Aafe Tmb h at tim k i b, wUA, if A, awSate4i^TecititU|ht
to ^»My foUk PaAgMk ' -
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232 .. APPENDIX.
lBlfae<Preracel»«lKiundi Vulume af diis Hifbiy
we there by are DQtcarricd down lower than Jomk-
tiTjfih^i' Tbe AittfaorwaGprcveiuedfrom purfwng
14»Defi2nI^.X>eMhj ^t what bis Inieniions were,
>■! EoioS *^ -wiih bis. Work, we have in» with in a
Flan M dwpn by himTel^ in a MS. CoHe^tionof
oi'^inal Xietten toA, •thcr P«pen. It ii in the Doc-
tor's own Hand- Writiiig, and . iuaa to be a nw^
Df'u&ht of it:Ltftitf' addre^'d toi Tuine Friend, not
tfacire flamed r;tHlCis,.b*weirer, wenhy of aPlacc in
this. Al^ndnc tl^etber with a Sketch of a Dcfign
fac«ngtaving « PJaK iatendedae'a Frcntirpicce to
thfltQoAoi'* smx Volume.
,.'■' s-i'a, ■ '^ .
Df. Jrf^'i * T I5o:inteijd, -in Biy next Tome, to trfat of the!
Sdemcfi^ wrf- • four Years GiVtV War, (if To fair a Name tiuqr
^hiiPMtVB-i^given tofe fottia Rebellion, agamft fo pious a
^^ Pmice tt was King CSorfw the Firft) ill purfuance
of wMcfaldefire^'Our Farour and Friendffiip toito^>
to-Wneaww^Ml upon the Earl tf HaaUsfieU, (a)^
whBl«H»«fui*i»ing'Gei«r»l Officer of his Majcfiy'j ;
~ '^''7* an^w^ Linivnaot- General of all theHotfe
'' t^fiftgitud; hy wtSlk Help t may give Due&ions
for the Drawing up of the moft decifive Battlea,
which I will have printed of the beft Coppei-Platcs
tbM can be in this Town cngravea.
* As I fliall take Care to prcmirc the Keafon tvfgr
thateoodKiHgtridpaSthaCA&of^])jineot,«tBdi •
divefted his Majcfly of the Power of difeh-mg thfe
two HouGes i why be left Ltadea, and whit can fairly
4>c made out of the Plot, whichtfae two Houfes then
had, of ftizing in»th«r Hands the Prince of /^/rf,
which was the principal Motive of the King's going
away with him j Hatbam's infolent refuting the Sang
Entrance into HtM^ amfwering. That be he!d that
Town fsr the Parliament, vitich was flat Rebellion,
and carried fhe Nature ctf the firft ASt of Hoftitity,
before
r<)TUilal af atMiUifiM m OMnhLwd Qim4, mucA
..C.OOtjk'
A' P P E N D r X. S3J
b^on the King fet'u(i his Standard ; of the Earl of
fijjii^i firing (ever al Pieces of Cannon at Edge-HUlt
bsfore the KiRg'i A''my n^ade anyShoteithergreac '"
orfmalt, wliidiwil! make him the AggrefTor in that
fyta\ Story iSo I labour »lfo to be fullyfatisfied from,
yipfaence the Mifcarriagcs of the King'» Army did
atnfc On one Band the Soldtecs do blame the Coun-
firis (tfthoft great Men who then fat at the Helm (rf
p«Uic AJFiirs, who Wre not fkilful enough to it'
red the Management of fo great a War; thatth^
Orders in the firft .VnffAnrj' Fight; dccafioned by '
Effix' s ieVizyi\a%Gitiieifitr i in the Rattle of ^War/^
U{»r,afwr Princo Rupert had ratfed the Siege of
Tiri J of-Na/iiy, when Ox/ard wa* blocked up ; of
ChtfitTy to the Relief of which the King went ia
Perftm, were coQlrerir to thejud||ment of the Sol-. j
'^crs. Alfo that the CommilSbneraliad full Power,
in tht rcfpeilive Counties and Pfovittc^ all over
Bi^mi, to coOtro) the Soldiers, and to give them
Rides for their Gondii^ of die War, leaving them
no other Power than what the Opifiion or Vote of » '
Goreroorof a City Colonel, orOtatmA of a Pfo-
viaoCtHgali^tenoi'aDoMif Ct>mmil^oners, might
aauNuiC lifttd, wh*<e PrJAdple was thefaving of tb:i.r
relf>e&iK TowniandCounties ; alledging, ^^^ '
every Province wooU take the fiime Care. ;;ffic
wfacHp Kii^om woidd 'be fecured ; whereas the
' Soldiers Counfel was, the making them oidy Nurfe-
riet for the fumifbing out of Troops to t^ole thofe
AfiBMS, which every Campaign Xras Cent out of Xd/f
Jew, agajnft the King. On the other Hand* there .
arc gMat Faults chu'ged upon the Soldiers De-
bauchery, -Ne^kence, Ramncfs, and chiefly that
moft unhappy DmSion at Nnoarky as if that was
the fiatali itrtpajable Bbw to the' King ; concerning ;
which I am ipfwraed that his Maj^y'a Force was
:^-' not le^^aed^ne fingle Man, other than by the Lofs
^_^„*H^i*Jkfc, the better Half of which was then
" left tofhrtking, which upon that Occaftoni the Earl
oiBri/ht, Princifni Secretary of Stai^, did lead away
from Wiftftfr jf, oft Pretence of fetching the Infantry of
the valiant Mar(|uit of Mantrafe, out of die High-
land!
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»34 A P P B N D. I X.
Innds Iri Sftlon/^ utterly. igftinft the Opinion anj
Counfct of the Soldiers, who declsued to the King
the Impoffiijility of the Undertaking, as it proved by
their Ocfcat, and So total a Rwit, that not one Twoof
of them ever rallieij >gain, the Earl of £)-^*/efcaping
Into Ireland^ and never fecn more during ihc War ;
Prince Rupirt continuing obediently with his Ma-
jeHy at Oxford,, and oiakli^ nK^ advantageous Con-
ditions fiT his MajcAy's Privy CounfeUon* in the
Surrender of that City,
( Sir, altho' I would not be fo troublefoine to my
Lord of Maaltjjitld M to inquire into every liule
Engagement] tho* ^ere was ^reat Valour (bewcd in
the lead of them, and-tnnby and brave Men bodi
of the Nobility aDd.Gcotry engaged, wbofe Names,
in JuAice, ought to be left down to Poflcrity, ytt I
would be exaoa beyond Control, in the geaeral
Point of tbe War, and the Evenu of the four Canf
paigtis \ and I will To far burden you with the Length
of this Paper, as to let you fett I ani Mifter of tibe
whole Dcfign.
kf^, 1(41- < The Kjtjg fct up hrs Stttdiud uNtttingbam^
calling all his loyal Subje^ to hit AiBftance, and
from thence marched to Shrtvifbvyi where he raifcd
that Army with which be fought EJfiM at Edgt-HiU.
After his Vi£tory» there obuincd, be marched kota
thence to Oxferdy Jeaving the Earl of MweUtfigld
Governor, who had been wounded at £d£e~Hitt.
In that Battle he commanded a Tcrze of the Inbn-
try ; his Majcily marched towards IiHidfiif tbe Citi-
xens meeting him «t Brtndferd- to interrupt his
March, forced him to retreat back loOxferd^ wlud)
be fort^ed, and made his Winter-Quarters. Alt
tbe Summer after the fetting up the Standard, Leviei
bad been malung throi^hout the Kingdom by die
Duke of NnucaflUt £ail of Dtrbjy He on tbe North
Side of Trfflf, by Commiffioot of Arrav for tiw King
agtinft Eairjax and others, who «fied by Qt tf imae o
of Parliament; and, io the WeQ, by the .'Marquis
of Hirlftr^y. Lord fitfUK, GrttmiilUt Btrangways^
l>trringtonf Steaiel, &c. againft the £ari of Siern-
/ora, tu\Q£Btd/trdy ff^aOtr, Ue/Irigg*, Uoilth ^"^
" fo
APPENDIX. ijs
fo were both Parties very aftjve, all the Winter, in
faifing Regiments and Troops, and forming their Ar-
mies againlt the next Campaign ; with this Difadvan-
tage to ihe King, that the populous and rich City of ■
Lendsri, and the ten adjacent Counties, Huntingdon,
Cambridge, Nor/ali, St^folk, Efftx^ Kent, Surrey,
MidSefix, Heri/ord, and Bedford^ were ^fibdatcd.
entirely for the two Houfct againft him.
» The I^ing was very Ibccefsful ; die Duke of ^^ .
iJnucaJIU had beaten Fairfax^ leaving him onl^
fc^'enteen broUen Troops of Horfe, into Htitl; the
Weft was reduced to his ObedieJlce, except Brtftol,
Ckucefier, Ply>nfiuih\ and two or three Sea poft
To*nS; theQueeh Was landed it BrTdlingiiit, out
bf Holland, with great Stores af Cannon and Arms
both forHoffe and Foot; a: confidetabic Sum of Mo-
ney was conveyed from thence, *ith a very cbmpteat
Army, well appointed, though but Tmall, and a very
great Train and Quantitv of Ammunition, propor-^
tionable for the Supply of his Majelly's Armies and
Gatrifon, to Edge- Hill, where the King moft joy-
fully met her ; of which Army the Earl of Mdcchf-
/^«/i/ was Lieutenanc-General, and To recortimclided
by the Queen Co his Majefty, that he was thereupon
Eut into the Head of a Brigade of Horfe, to which
e immediately marched, and joined his Eft'^ade to
Oiher Troops of the Kingfs Army, to bcfiegV-the Ci- '
ty of Brijiel, which Priiice Rupirt took, in entering
the Line, by AfTault j upon which the Rebels treat-
ed, and gave up the I'oWn.
* Whereupon it was difcourfed as if his Majcftjr
Would a (econd 7 imc tnarcii to London, and appoint
■the Duke of Netvcajile to meet him there, whofe Ar-
my had already pailed the TreW, and was advanced
as far as Linciln, the Rebels having no Army in the
Field-, either in theNorih or Weft of £»f/Bn^; when,
' on a fuddcn, new Couiifcls were taken, the King fat
down before GloucjUr, and the Duke oiNiwcaflie rc-
pafled the Tnnt and btffieged Hull; which tWo Sieges ,
were very fjtal tn the King.
* For the Rebels putting great Strefs upon the"
Relief of G/««A>-, fet out a llout Army under (he
Vol. XXllI. \ Y , Com-
\ L\_...,C".ooglc
Sj« APPENDIX,
' Command of SjftXt inforced with great KumlKcy
of the Cilizeni of Ltndirit wbo fought with his Ma-
jefty the firft Batde of Ntvjhury, in which the Earl
oi MactUtfidd \aA a great Share both of Hcuiour
and of Danger j ip the Interim the Eart of Man-
^ehefitTy 'General of Ae Aflbciate Counties, and
CrnawtSf his I^eutcnant-Gcneral, made all the
Strength tky poffiby could towards the raiAng of
the Siege of Halt ; the I>ukc of NnucaftUy topn-
vent it, fent 3000 Horfe towuds Bt/imt and about
1000 pragooot to meet Manchtfttft and to hinder
his Conjun^on with Fairfax, wbo endeavoured to
put over the Hwnbir what Men he could fpare to
join MantbtfiiT ; the Duke's Army of Horic boing
defeated by MatKhtfltr^ and great Rains filing .
about the Beginning of OHobefy made it impoffible
to contmoje the Siege in thofe low Fenny Grounds ;'
. io t}ft Duke railed the S!cgc, which ended the fecond
Campaign.
* Notorius enough it is that the two Si^es, of
Hull in ^e North, and of Glouctjier in the Weft^
gave the Rebels Time to recruit, oi indeed rather
to raifenew Armies ; but where to lay the Blame is
very hard ; may be the prefent King may have known
fomethJRg from his Father, or ftbm the Earl of
ClarttuUn, Prince Ruptrty the now Dokc of New-
caftU^ from his Father ; the Earl of St. JBioHt and
the Earl of Macclesfield may know the Reafbn of
State ; but from the Officers of the Army^ who were
in lower Stations^ all was concealed : But linci
thofe Men who rarely ventured their Lives in thii
Quarrel, and the Neuters of England, who jat by
their Fire-iides^ have taken upon them to fay. That
if the KiAg, after the Banleof £f^f-//id(tho' that
Victory was dlfputed) had dire£lly matched to Zff»-
d»n, before Ejiic'i Army could have got thither,
he had been received by the Lenebntrs. It will
fure be worth the Inquiry^ ivhy the fame Fault
Ihould be committed twice, there being at that
Time in both the King's Armks io,obo efFedive
Horfe, and |0,ooo Foot marching, and not wie
' Army of the Rebels appearing.
■«•••
APPENDIX. 437
i ••• 939 urith the King when he fat down bC-
■fiitcGitiKf,9f,^{id he fayi that the DifcoUHe amongft
the Soldiers wasj That his Majefty's Council weii!
hot willing that there fhould be sui entire Conqueft ;
but rather that the King fltould return to LtiidpH, up-
on Treaty, than with hi9 drawn Sword; that Princtf -
Ruptri wa* too big, and that the Law and Parlia-
ihent would beover-rulcd by the General.
* ••• went from the Siege of GUwiftit before It
was raifed hy Ejiie,to the Siege q( Hull, and was in
the Adiofi where Manchipir and CraimuiU beat the
puke of NtwcajlUs Horfe, and advanced to raife
him from before Hail I and the Soldiers there in-
? awing into the Reafon of his Excellency's Return
rom Lmcfli to go Northward, and not marching in^*
the Allbciate Counties, were anrweredj That be had
engaged himfelf to the Northern Gentlemen, upon
(heir giving him i2,ooo/- per Month for his Army j
that he would never leavean Enemy in (heir Country,
ib as that Fairfaxf beginning to fllr fofoon as the Duke
had palled the Trtiity he thought himfelf bound by
hb Promife to rettirn into itrijhite, and to keep
Fairfaxin Hull; that that good and^pious King did
love Peace, may appear by the Treaty of Uiebridgt,
•%o which may be added, that the Night before he
.let up his Standard at Nttilnghum, it was very
'doubtful whether he would not chufc rather to re-
turn to L»nd*n.
* His Majefty, uneafy in his Affairs, like a ficfc Man ,(^j,
whoturns from one Side to another to iind Repofe, re-
ftfvesupon great Changes, appoints aCounciUoat-
tend the Prince of fVales, of wtiichlhe Earl of Claren^
thn was moftly in Credit, and Tends him from his Side
intothe^j/?; fends for his Army outof Irt/a«d to
affift him at home ; acquaints Prince Rup/rt that
now, fince his Lofsof the Battle- at Tari, he was un-
grateful to his good Subjcfls, and therefore muft re-
tire (hfs Highncfs chufing Bri/iel, where ha was in
no Command, and under no other Charafler than
of his Nephew ;) removed Prince A/am'i from his
Government atWirc^ir; difplacedi^^fi, and made
« new Governor of Oxford ; would rely no more
. '■ Y a upon
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■ i^a A P P E: N- D: IX,'
upOn Sir Richard Byren, who had commanded at
tJiwark when it was bcfieged, and, t^ the Importu-*
nit/ of the Commiflioners of ^vu/j^^o/zj, broughe
from thence the Earl of MnccUsfitld, who did under-
take to railc 1 0,000 Foot there to recruit his Army^
trufting rather •» the ComniiflioiieTi' Promifc that
they would do it thcmfelves under my Lofd JftUy^
of which thcY failed, and very ill treated my Lord
■Aftltj, the General of their o^rachufing.
' The Queen went into Fratict^ (it may he for iw
other Rcafon than to get more ^ivas and Money for
■the King's Supply) and his Majefty, with a flying
Army o( Horfe, fwept Part of the Aflbciate Coun-r
ties, and thence went to Htitftrd^ where he receives
t'le News of PrinCe Rapirt't giving up the Town vf
Jirifiolj and tbcnce marched to relieve Chtfttr, where
Barnatd Earl of Lilebfietet, the youngell Brother nt
the Duke of Rithmtnd, and Captain of Xht Guards
was fiain, who ought not to be forgotten.
' The King had there about 4900 HorTe, cooif-
manded by the Eail of Macdnjitid^ Xjieutfnanb-
.General ; and now half the Army were the RemaiiB
vf tlie Nuithern Horfc, in Lord LungdaU's Brigade,
who alfo was made Qeneral of the Horfe, and was
with, the Army in their Quarters, two Mijes from
-C^/<rj the Lieutenant-General with his own Troop,
and Eail of Litchfield with the King's Troop, .hotb
making 6ooHorle, a]] Gentlemen atvd their Servants
■arid old I^ird AjlU)\ wtre in Town about the King's
Perfon; Lord John Byron, then the Governor and
General of Nsnh-Walis, Bcoth commanded the
Foot which befieged the Town, (Uncle, I think, Co
-this Lord Dehmar) who was well and fnfely .polled
■ in the Suburbs, and ftirred not upon the King's
^Approach'. 1 he Rebels Horfe, who waited on the
.Motions of the King, was commanded by Peyms
ajid Gravis, (the latter afterwards came into tJie
. Kind's Service] and had as big an Armyof Hoile as
- the K)nf^ and not fo much harraDed, the Men more
■ in Heart, and very fkilfuily lead, Paynes being a very
; cunning Captain , and Craws very brave. The
-.King had marched in Sight of Ptyws fix or feven
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..APPENDIX- 839
JDays before his Majefty eoter«d Chtfter^ cjuarter^d
BUT him every Night, and well knew h(s Stretigih :
' . One may gucls that the Rebds would not offer £rll
to iight) bccauie their Bufincfs was, to cover Baoih,
.while he vigoroully attacked the Ci;y ; a;id his Ma-
JcAy had great Caufe to keep and preferve, and (as
.Jittle-as may be) hazatd bis Army, it being the only
fiody of Horfe which was Jefc i yet the Lieutenant-
General marched io warily ia thofe clore Countries
where they were, that he would not have refufedPeynw,
.becaufe Iw slwzys Ccnced fi>. as that the Troops of
Guard* flibuld firft receive the Shock, which would
not lure ^vca Way to the Enemy ; but To patters
Were ordered, as that the X^id Longdate, .^tbout
the Knowledge of the Lieutenant -Genera^ and
^without the.AffiQance of the Guards,- abo^t two
■D«7s. ^er the King was in Chtftir, did receive Or-
-ders from the i^arl of Briftil^ Principal Secretary of
Slate, .to engage with Ptfiut ; which Orders he
/ibeyed--,..iiii4< was beat in the King's Sight i the
Xieutenant - General and Earl of Litchpitd, with
their Troops, and old ^rd' AflUt^ rtith fome fjoot,
i)aned , out of the Towp to their Succour ; but came
lb laic as that they were furrounded by the Enemjt.
Lord y///gr -feeing the Danger, did timely, retreat,
andfaycdhit Footi the Lisutenant-Gencf al, withhjs
,Xroop of about 2O0', chwgedthro' ii ofthcEncmy!s
Standards of Horfe, the Length of a. AraicLane, and
beat thepi, and faved himfelf and nine Parts of. ten
.(ifhisMen. The Guards did.the ramcin-anolhgr
Place, but loll their Captain,
* The King was forced to leave,CAf/?<rr.befiegcd,
inarched -i^ito Narth-H'alti with his Horfe to amufe
Psiiusy and fo came about to Nevjari, ; fucg ilftgr
.Prince ^H^rrt came to £</u«(V CalUe, within tea
Miles, and fent moft humbly to fuppliaite his M4-
jctty that he would fee him, and hear ms Defence
concerning' what happened at Bri/Ul; tQ which the
Kii>k.fcfmingto incline, ihc Earl of tft'/i'a/ prevailed
for Leave to go into the Highlands oi Satknd, .vxi
drew, with him half of the (lorlJ: v4iich ha loft'in
-the .Way } but the Soldifrs CouiicU was againft u*
Y 5 ^adviiirig
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(149 APPENDIX,
jl^viftng the King to quit all hii Garrifbns, tveti
Niwark where he was, and fP'trctfltr and Oxftr4
jis he went' along, wher^ they propofed he might
\ have an Army of Horfe, Foot, and Artillery, better
than anyone Army he had ever fought wi^U), aiidfo
to take ^e Chance of a Battle for hia Croyrn, rather
than any where to abide a Siege ; tbey did prove ig-
;iuiani but Ipyal Men, not forcfeeing that any Vaa
durA be I'o turdy as to advifc))ii going to (he Seets^
A DtfitP ft •* T" HE Landflcip of Bfigimd, Satlan/t, and /r#,
ppp«r-pl>te X latid, wi-.h patties, Sieges, and Defolationt,
*^W* Ruine of Hourp* and Chutthei, more particularly
the Bittle of Nafihy Oioold be done more at large.
There is a Cut of it in Sprint Hifitrjaftbt fVart :
A flormy SJty with Lightning, cfpecially from the
i^trth. In a Souate at the Bottom, from tlie Body
of the Dragon, let there rife feven Heads^, ftandii^
^[)on the Necks of Ser^ts ere^ed i }ct the Heads
Jiavethe Faces of Men, with Stingf proceeding ou^
of their Mouths, and Perriwigs of lefler Snakes about
^hcir Ears, in JhonCurls. Let the Order be this :
I. * A Jefuit, with ths Cap of his Order, and
^bout it written Dividi tt Dirue,
a.* A Prcfbyterian ; ifyoucanget/Tirvyrnfiure,
like him, with a black pap turned up with white,
and over it a Sm/i Bonnet, Wiihl^ibelihangingdpwa
^romit, and inthefn written, Dirtttory and Cawnaat.
3- * An Independent, with a Cathedral revpfed
}iangingover his Head inftead of a Hat, and ^pon it
fpritcen, hdfPtndtncy.
4. ' Olivtr Cremuill, whofe Dcfcription hereafter.
|. «A" An"'>i>P"ft.t*ieP'fl"rpof7«'*of ttydtn.
Whi?h you may have in PegiPt Htrifingraphj from
the Top pf bis Crown an Efcrol, with Mun^n^s
Rtformatin written in it.
' 6; f A Quaker, with a Pair of Shoes on bis Head
jnflcad of a Hat, made up like a CapofMaintenaee ;
S f""thyr in it, upon which let be written, The NeUf
tight.
7. * AFifth-Monarchift; Vtmur'i Head, wiUi 4
Jkfimon on, as in PagiFi Htrtjiegraphy p. 28c, 4
vf>5
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APPENDIX, »4i
Flag.oo the Tqpof fai^ Hiliqeti with tbbfnfcription,
77m Saivti mtift reign. Let Olivtr'i Head, ftoding
IB the Middle, b« elev^ed above the reft, a Crown
hanging over it, held by a flying Devil ; about his
iievt a Ri^ie, which muft go oa each ' Stdc« and
wrap about the feveral NcdcB, and (o back again to
AoU'j.i where Ut it be tied with a little Scarf, in
Vbiclt thefc Words, Funh cvuwt Opus. Let the
Snake*, from the feveral H«ads, be twifled one with
« Tbo Body of the DrsgonmuQ be a little ele-
vated in (be Poflurc of Comliat i upon his B»ck the
Seulptunt of the Common's Uoufe, tied oo after the
Maoner-of a CaAle upon m Elephant { upon the
Girths wfitci Prvte/ianl Cntmant ; upon the Hwfc
diree Traitors Heads with this Infcriptioa, Ettxtrit
0t intra. Out of the Side of the Dragon mud ifTue
grmcd Men, as out of the Horie of Trtf. ; in tho
CurUof his Tail a, Church muft be wrapped, and
tumblii^ down. He muft have four Feet ; upon
the two hindcrmoft he muft ftand in the Pollure of
a gentle Elevation, and under thofe Feet let the £art
oi Straffird md the Archbiftiop of Canltriury be l»d
bcadjcft; the Coronet of the Earlwi^ the .Bottom
upwards, the Crofier broken by Uic Archblfhqp's
Sdc,'and bis Mitre at his Feet, thel«avef of the
Common Prayer torn about. Let the two fotc Feet
oftheOragpnbelikea Griffin's Claws, let him clap
one of them upon the Crown Imperial, a^ tearing it
ftov the King's Head, whofe Sculpture muft ftand
before him in his Regal Robes, and with the other
Claw let hiim feize the Sceptxe in die King's Hand,
which muft appear broken in ftriving for it, FroiQ
ihe Wings of the Dragon muft proceed two human
.Anns and Hands, in one of which muft be a BaimcF
difplayed, wjth this Motto, Far Dtfenu tftruM Pro-
Ufiant RtUgitny Libtrty^ and PrivHiget if Par-
tiaiHtKl ; in the other, a brandiftied Sword, with tbefe
Words, Magna Charta Rifarmete^ and the Magntf
GiaTia torn in three or four Pieces, and ftrow'd
about i in f<Hne lefter Squares, feveral Executioni,
at Shooting to Death at CaUhtftir, Beheading at
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842 A P P E N D I X.
Toivir-Hilly Hanging, as at I^ndtn, Brtfiet, bft.
nwirc efpocially the Murder of the Kmg before
ffbitebail, Landtn in'Chain* drawn xbout it and ai%r
it. The RoyaV Oak, Seflanes lopping off Atbw
of Prerogative, a Jefuit'and a Fanatic fawing at the
Root. Towards the Eaft a Sun rifing ; the Royal
Nivy re-condu£ting his Majefty King Charhi il.
The King on Hurieback in compleat Armour, bis
Head only bare { before him )et the Dragon lie ex-i
tended, without the parliament Houfc, upon hit
Backj Otiver't Head off, and the reft hanging down
in the Duft as dying j an Angel defcending wifii Ml
Imperial Crown, and a Beam from Heaven (hininz
upon the King, in which let it be written, C«£
Sahisi upon the King's Shield, Jmntftia; and tfaa
Cavalcade at hb coming in.
lltEMEMBRAKCES far Order otti X3iuncy ta bt iept
in the Houft of Lordt, xvhtn hh Majcjij it not
thtrt, having the Sakrttnities itlenging it its Aiam
jfftj's Cgitiing to bt mar^alUd iy thafe Lordt to
wham it properly appertains.
TteSitftiier 'pIRST, therefore, the Lords are to fit in the
tbii/xdi. . JP fame Order as is prefcribed by the A^ of Par-
liament, and as they do at his Majcfly's being there;
except that the Lord-Chancetlor fitteth on the Wool-
fack as Speaker to the Houfc, and the X^rd-Trea*
furcr upoti the KarU' Bench.
tfolfcr. t The L«rd-Chancellor, when he fpeaketh to the
Houfe, is always to be uncovered : He is not to ad-
journ the Houfo, or do any Thing as the Mouth of
the Houfe, without the Cnnfent of the Lords hi& had }
except the ordinary Things about Bills, as for. prefer-
ing one Bill before another, and fuch-^like; and, tn
Cafe of Difference amongft ihe Lords, it is to be put
to the Lord-Chancellor; and if the Loid- Chancellor
LM ChinctUer *'" fpeak to any 1 hing particutaiJy, he is to go to
(J 1 fttt. his own Place as a Peer.
Wff, * Ihe Judges, and fuch of the King's Privy
CwHicil as arc called by the Writ to anend, fitting
by,
u.a.i.z.d:,.G00gIc
, .;\^ P-'E N, D: IX. 24}
by, are not to be covered until the Lords give thtm ,
ZJeavc, which they ofditidrily fignify by the Lord-
Chancellor; and tbay being there ap^iointed to at-
tend the Houfc, iire not to Ipealc or deliver any Opi-
nion until ,it be required, and they be admitted in to
do by the major Pvtof .tbe Houie, in Cafe of Dif-
ference.
» The learned Counfel are lil«wifc to attend onjji„,,Qj,^^j^
tjie Woolfaclu, but are never covered.
■ * Thofe of bis Majefty's Privy Council, who are Affifti'nts,
called by his, Majefty's Writ, as the Judges are,
are to be ufed with the fame Refpeft the Judges ate,
which is not xa be covered gntil they i^l be Ad-
Hiitted To to do by the Houfe. . ^
' The firfl Thing comoionly, either at ,the Beg! n-e Beginning of '
ivngof aParlian^ent, orof a SeiTion, (after PrayerJi'*"''*"^''
laid] is th^t fome Bill, p>p Ft^^^i. i^ read, and then
a Coirmittee to be chofen ciut of the.Huufe, whicl^
fliall ft«Bd all that SeQion to review »lie.Qrders of the commfttw for
Houfe, and take Confideration uf (he Privileges of the PjiTileEu-
Peeri of the Kingdom, Lords of Parliament, and fee^
ftom Time to Time, that they be duly obfcrve4.
, ' After that they fail to admiiiifter the Oath ofo,,), „f ^^j^
Allegiance to fuch ^oblemen as have not Hit in thcgiaiice.
.Houfe before, and have nut talun the fame Oath
bcibrc in the Houfe, , .
, .* The Bills are commonly let pafs at the firfl Pi-ortedingi oa
Rc;iding, ajid to be tomoutted upon- Motion at the^^'-
. fecond Reading.
*. No Perfon-is to fpeak twice tq any Bill at one Not to Tfiriic
Time of reading of it, or any other Propo&(iot>, un- J);'" '" •>"'=
.lersitbe,tocKplainh.mlelf in fomc, material Pyiotof™' "'"""»
his Specott, but no new Matter, and that .not withr-
;otJt Leave of the Hoyfe firft obtained. Every Man
rpeaks itaading jHid- uncovered, and names not the
Members of the Houfc commonly by^ their Nimes, .
.but tbe Lord that fpolte UIV, bH but one, lafl btft
two, or fume other Note. of their Speech.'
* At VtJtest the- Igwcft, jifter the Lord Chancel- „
.lor hath put the-Queftion, bct^ins firft, and every
M^t in his Tur.-)k rifes uncovered, ajid only fa}$,
Ctatint, or Net cement,
'The
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244 APPENDIX.
C^ ^ • The fittt or fecond Day the Houfe ii called, uul '
Hsaft. Notice tikcn of fuch Lordi is either hive not (eat
Aitii Proxies, oi an not cxcdcd by his Mxjefty fos
feme Time.
* Every Lord that comes aftw Pvaycti, tf a Ba-
pMr-Box, ron or a Bifbop, is to pay 1 1. if above that I>^tce,
3 /.
Mtmt lat*. * ^**' Abfciiee lie is to pay nothing, but to «udce
hisExcure by any Member of.the Houfe; which*
if it be allowed as juft, heiscxcufcd; if not, he is
to be blamed by the Houfe as the Fault requires. •
I'his to be underftood to be after the general Meet-
ing of the Houfe upon the Writs, and the Houie fet.
f Mi'i Hwfr. ' * Before the Houfc litt, To much Refpeft is to be
had to that Room, as none but Memben of the
Houfe ought to be covered there j not fo much ai
the cidefi Son of any Peer whatfbcrer, unlcfa he be
called by Writ.
Per- * Neither is any other Perfon to ftay there, or any
^ ra ft^ >B ^ Attendant of any Nobleman, but while he t^ngs in
Hoaic. his Ijord, and then he is to retire.
* WJien the Houfc is fitting, <vory Lord that &aU
Boole Etisi. ^j^jgj jj j(, gjy, jj^j f tccive Salutations from the reft,
and not to (it down in his Plitcc, unlefs he hath laade
an Obeyfanee to the Cloth of State.
* At the Beginning of a ParliamnK, before it be
* ^met, ifthe Day be adjourned it is done by Writ,
which is direftedte both the Houfes j and, in that
Cafe, the Loitei Houfe is to be called in, and ftaod
uncovCTed below the Bar, but.not beforethe Lords be
all fet i who fitting, and being uncovered, the Lord-
Chinccllor ufes fome Words unto them, to let them
know the Caufe of their Meeting, whiefa he doth
uncovered, in Ttfpe& he fpe^s to both Hou&a>i
and, after the Writ read, he a^ourns the Coort.
if * If it be an Adjournment of a Sefiion only, it w
done by Commiffion unto Tome of the Lords df the
Upper Houfe, in which Cafe the Lower Heufe are
prefent, and the Commi^n is to be fent down to
the Houfe of Commons upon liich Adjoureineot,
with Signification of the Adjournment peifonned by
the Lords accordingly.
I , To
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APPENDIX. 3^5
* To have more Freedom of Speech, artd that Ar-Coi^'t"* '^
gumcnts may be ufed?" (Centra, Committees arc' ' **"" '
appointed, (fomCtimes far BilU, tO facilitue arid
agree of great Bufincfies) either of the whole Houfe,
or of Particulars. Committees of the whole Houfe
Ibmedmeslit In the Houfe j but then the Lord-Chan-
cellor fin not on the Woolfack as a. Speaker.
* If they be of fmall Numbers, commonly theycamnittea <wt .
meet in the little Room, or in the Painted Cham-of *^ "<»'«■
ber, as the. Lords pleafe. Any of the Lords of the
Committee fpealc to the reft uncovered, but may fit
Aill if he pleafcs.
* The Committees are to be attended by fuchjadgn tatttat
Judges or learned Counfel as are appointed. TheyC"'"'""***' «
are not to fit there, or be covered, unlefs it be
out of Favour ; or, for Infirmity, fomc Judges fomc-
tiihes hath a Stool fee behind, but never cover i
and the reft never fit nor cover. The Lord-Chaa-
ctVoT, y. Pcpbaut, did often attend Committees j
. and though he was Chief Juflice, Privy Counfellor,
- find infirm, yet would he very hardly ever be per-
vaded to Ct ; faying. It was his Duty to ftand and
attend i and defired the Lords to keep thoie Forms
which were their Due. '
*The meeting of the Lords with any of the Lower i-lteiLtuntr af
Houfe, is either upon Occafions of Mefliges whichMeffi*!" «^
^leyiend up to the Lords, or upon Conferences.^^,-'j1,™"J,oufc
When they come up to them the Manner is thus :Df CaaunoDi.
After the Lords have Notice given them by the
IJQier, diat the Houfe of Commons have fent to the
Lords, they attend till the Bufmels upon which th^
Houfe is, is ended ; and then, the Lords fitting all
covered, the Commons are Tent for in, and fl^nd af
the lowefl End of the Room ; then the Lord Chan-
cellor, with fuch as pleafe, rifeth and go down to the
Middle of the Bar i then the Chief of the Commbnc
in the lA'idR, and the reft about him, come up to
(he Bar with three Obcyfances, and deliver the Mef-
f^ge to him i who, afier he has received it, retires
to his foimer Placed anJj (he Houfe being diared
and fettled, he reports it to the Lords who do help
l^is Memory, if in arty Thinj he be miftakcn ; and
aficr
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446 APPENDIX.
after tb^ Lord* have taken Refolution* if the Bufi-
ftcfs rctfifire uiy Anfwer, they are cither called io,
and approaching to the Bar with three Obcyfances,
as before, therloufe licting in Order and covered
as before, the Lord -Chan eel lor, iitting upon the
"Woolfack covered, doth give them their Anrwcr in
the Name of the Houfe ; or elfe, if the Refolution
be not fo fpeedy, the Lords fend them Word by the
Ulber, they fliall not need to ftay for the Anfwei,
but will fend it by Tome cxptefs Melleager of theit
own.
MrS«o|cn to * Thc Lords Tievcf fend to the Ix>wer Houfe b^
^^^ "^ any Members of their own Houle, but either by fome
of the learned Counfti], Mailer of Chancery, or fucb-
like which attend the Xx>rds, and in weighty Calcs
fome of the Judges j nor are thc Commons evcjr
to employ^ unto the Lord», any but of their own
Body.
CmAmd™ with « Thc Place of Conference is ufually the Paintcd'-
Comnam. Chj,^!,^^^ where the Commons are ufually before the
Lords come, and are to expefi their Lordfhips Licir-
fure. The Lo^ds come in in a whale Body,.apd nqC
fome Lords fcatter'mg before the relV, which both
'takes from the Gravity of the Lords, and (jreveDts ti^ '
Place* i but they are not, at any Committee or Con-
The Comnwm fercnce, ever to be covered, or fit down, .in the P^-
toraei. " "* fencc of the Lords, unlefs it be fome infirm Perfuiv
and that by Connivance, in a Corner out of Sight} ^
fitj but not lo be coveted.
Commiitcc of ' 'At the Committee of Lqrds any Member gf
^^- their Houfe, thou^ not of the Coinmitlce,'i> not
excluded from coining in and fpcaking, but he muft
'not voce ; alfu he {ball give Place to all that are qf
the Committee, though of a lower Degree, atitf
ihall fit behind them. The fame Order is alfo ol^
ferved at)i Conference with the Commons-
CmfmBce, • None arc to fpeak at a Conference with the
'Common?, but thofc of the Committee. ^
"^tpwa, * Whep any tliinig ihji hath been committed is re-
'ported, all the Lords of the Committee {land up. '. '
Nb Stmtpr to 1 No Man is to enter either when the Houfe fiii,
M»A*m*c^i" at any Conimittec or Conference, urlcfs it b^
mitKt, ' fucfa
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APPENDIX. »47
fadi as are oDininanil«4 to attend, but fucb as are
Membcrii of Uie.Houfe, upon Pain of being punUbed
fcvercly, and with Example to others.
■~ * The Lords are to Iceep their. Dignity and Order-^, ^ q,^^
ia fitting as much as may be, and not remove out efin the Houft.
their Places without juft Caufe, to the Hindcranca
of others that fit near them, and Diforder of the
Houfe; but when they muft needs go croTs the
Houfe> thcy.uie to make Obeylance to the Cloth of
State.
* When any Lords rpeak) they addtefs tbeirSpeechspukioi In tb*
jto the refl t^the Lords in general. .Houfe.
. * If thcre.be any Ui&rence in die Form or Stylcwriu miiUkfa.
•of Writs from the juiticnt, it is to be examined bow
-jit CDOies, and a ftrit^ Courfe for punilhing the Time
;pall, and future Amendment.
I ' It : would be refolved what Privilege NobleinenB!''i°F* t-o^'t
and Peers have; betwixt which this Difference is to""* "°' ^'*^
.be obferved, that Biflx^s are Lords only of Parlia-
-ment, but not Peers} for they are not <rf Trial by
iNobiliiy, but Lords of Parliament. Having Privi-Fnedon fna
.lege foe their Servants from Aneft j, it i? to be known a*™"*-
for what Time before and after the SeHion, as like-
'Wifewheihtr it reach to tny but menial Servants.
* To ptevcnt Mifunderftanding, and for avoiding A''!"''/ ^
;of offenJlvjC Speeches when Mattcrs.be debated eithct^'*"^'
.in the Houie or at Commiuees, it is for Honour's
Sake thought fit, and to be ordered, that all perfonal,
.Iharp, or taxing Speeches be forborne ^ and who-
^foever anfwereUi another Man's Speech, Iball ap-
,]Jy his Anfwer to. the Matter, without Wrotig to
. the Perfon. .And as nothij^ ofFenfive is to be fpo-
.l:xn, fo nothing is to be ill taken, if the Party that
: fpeaks (ball prcfcntly make a fair Expqfition or dear
'.Denial of the Words that might bear any ili Con-
-ftn^^ipn ; and if any Ofience is given in that Kind,
. the Houre itfelf will be very fcnTible thereof, and .
'ibarpty ccnfure the Offender, and give the Party of-
. fended a fit Reparation and full Satisfai^ion.
' The Clerk is to enter no Order until theo,jj„ to b«
. Lord-Keeper or Chancellor &xtt demand the AUcntread.
of the Houfe ; and the Clerk is to read every Order
fiift
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a4S APPErfDI3t,
firft in ttie Hoalk before it be tntered. ^^ Far'
liamentHDM- 14* 1621 » /U. 22, 1693 ; Jl/«}r 20f
1616.
turn jbrii \ * ^^^^xf*" (">« High Court of the Upper Houfif
1(14! W Pu-Kamcnt do often find Caufe in their j^ic*'
iwe to impole Fines, among other Punifirments^
upon Ofienders, (at the good Example of Jtfftice t
uiAy to deter othen from the like O&encet, it is or*
Atrtd and declared. That, at the 4eaft, once liitfM^
the End of every Scffion, the Committee for the Or-
ders -and f^ivil«gei of the Lords* Hotife of Rulia-
inent do acquaint the Lord* with all the Fine* that
have been laid that Seffion ; that thereupon dwir
LonMhipi may ufe that Power, which ibejjiiftlj
4uve, to take off or mitigate (uch Finet, eiAcr
wholly or in Part, according to the Meafare of ths
Penitence or Ability of the OiFenderj or fuffcr an
, ' to ftiuid, as in Equity their Lontfliips Oiall find -fit :
And that, i»til every Seffion be ended, no Eftrett
is to be made of fiicii Fines fet or impofed by Pa^
Itament ; nor any Copy thereof to be made by the
Clerk, %i^Mit-fpcdaI Order, upon paUicMotum id
fiiU-Houfe.
' As this Court ts the higheft, ■ from ffhwwe
For Tiwl «f oAitn ought to draw their Li^t, fo the Proceed-
|uch ai ihaii kfings thereof fhould be moft clear and equal, asiTeU
''j™'^' '■[^oh the one Side as the other, in finding out Ounces
litatt. where there is juft Ground, and in affording all jud
Means of De^ncc' to fucfa as flull be quett!<Mied ;
therefofc, in all Cafes of Moment, the Defendant
, fliall have Copies of all Depofitions fn et tentrs^
after Publit^lion, & convenient Time before the
Hearing, to prepare tfaemfelves ; and alfo, if the
Defendant AuU demand it of the Uoufe in due
6oBBfel to \t Time, theyfljalt have their learned Counfel toaffift
■dmiu^ themin their Defence. Whether they be able, by
' reafon of Health, to anfwer in Perfon or not, fo as
thcychufe Counfel void of Exception, and if fiidi
Counfel Ihall refufe them, they are to be affigned as
the Court Iball think fit. This their Lordfbips do,
becaufe ii> all Caufes, as well Civil as Criminal and
Capital, they bold thst all lawful Means catinot, be-
foie
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APPENDIX. 249
Ibre jitft Ju^geti nuke ooe.tbat b guil^ avoid Ju-
ftiCe ; md, on the other Side, God detefid tint in-
nocent Blood flioutd be condemned.
* As for the calling Members to the Bar, tbeir^j^g^^ j^__
Lordfliips hold fie to be very well weighed at whatu tk Bu.
Time, and iot what it dull be, and therefore Pre-
cedents ate to be looked out and coofidcred of.
Mij 28, 1614.
» How far it is conceived the Privile^ of the No-p^,a^ ^ p^.
bilitjrdodi clearly extend concerning the Fieedomiiuuenr. The
of tbeir Servants and Followen* to all their menialcUnfe w«t ^
Servants and thofe of their Families, as alfo to thofe;^,'^^^^
employed neceflarily and properly about their Eftatcs^^M, it«i.
' as well as Perlbns : Tlis Freedom to begin from the
Dale of the Writ of Summons in the Beginning of
every Puliamenr, and to continue twenty Davs be-
fore and after every SelSsn of Parliament. All the
Lords are to be very careful in this Point, remem-
berii^ the Ground of this Privilege, which was^only
in rcfpeA they fhould not be diftra^ed, by the
Trouble of their Servants, horn attending the ferioua
Affairs' of the Kingdom) and therefore they will
not pervert that Privilege to the public Injufttce of
the Kingdom, which was given them only that the
wbole'Realm might, in this High Court, draw the
clear Light of Ju(tice from them ; in which Cafe
every one ought rather to go far within, than any
Way exceed ihc due Limits.
' Before any Pcrfon be fent for in this Kind, the
Lord-whom he ferves (hall, either by himfelf or by
his Letter, or by fome MeBkge, certify the Houfe,
upon his Honour, That the Pcrfon arrelled is within
the Limits of the Privilege before exprcfled ; and for
the Particulars they muft be left to the Judgment of
the Houfe, as the particular Cafes Ihall come in
Queftion, wherein the Houfe wants not all Means,
as well by Oath as without, to find out the true Na-
ture of the Servant's Quality to hia Lord's Service: «
And thereupon iF, by the Houfe, it be adju.ltred con-
trary to the true Intent and Meaning, any Member
'^ whatfoevcr muft not think it ftrange if, in fuchCafc,
both be himfelf fuffcr Reproof, as the Houfe (ball
think
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2}t, A P, P U N -: D I X.
think fit, and his Servant receive no Benefit by the
Privilege, but pay the Fees ; whereas the Juftice of
the Kingdom muft be preferred before any perfonal
Refpefi, and none to be fpared that ihall ofTend after
fo fair Warning. Afay i^, 1 6?.+. .
Oith of ABe- ' AH the Lords fliali, once every Parliament, take
giance. thc Oath ofAllegiahce. PrrOrd. Pib.2^, ibi^.
Altaa Urai. * When the Houle is fet, as he is tQ pay that comes
after Prayers, fo he that comes not ac all, 'and mn-
keih not his jud Excufe, is to pay five Shilling for
thc Poor for etery Day's Abfenc^. J&id.
■ fttuda^ ' N« Lord fliall be capable of receiving above tWo
Proxies, nor more tn be numbered in any Caufe, or
Vote; and all Proxies from a Spiritual Lord fliall
be made to a Spiiitual Lord, and from a Temporal
Lord lo a Temporal I^rd. liiJ.
Pnaia vacated. * If a Peer, having Leave of the King to be abfelit
from Parliament, leaves his Proiy, and afterwards
fits agaiti in the Houfe, his coming and fitting again
iii the Parliament doth not determine that rroxy<
yfl>ril2S, 1626.
' If a Peer, having l*ave to be abfent, maltsa his
■ Proxy, and returns, he Cannot matt a new ProJiy
■ without new Leave, ftr Orii. /iij.
imprlbniBat of . fhc Privilege of thc Houfe is, Th« no Lord
^*^* of Parliament, fitting the Parliament, or within
the ufual Time of Privileges of Parliament, is to be
imprifoned or reflrained without Sentence or Order
of ih? Houfe, unlefs jt be for Treafon or Felony, or
for refufing to give Security for thc Peace, jfpril z8,
1628.
Lerfs 10 ktef * Every Lord is to fit in his due Place when the
their Pbc«. ii^^f^ i5 p^,j i„tQ a Committee. Per Ord. May 9,
. 1636.
Houfe idjoumfd « jf ;t (-g Jefired by any Lord that the Houfe.be
iMo a mnut-p^j j^^^ ^ Commiticc, it oyght not to be refufed.
IbU.
TbeO^cr about < The Lords in Paliamcnt having underffood by
t^Ix^lTZ, '^*= Loids Committees tor the Privileges of the
Eirlof £fl,iB'^ Houfi;, that they are clearly of Opinion, the Afl of
before divert Parliament of 31 Uinrj VIII. is moft firing and -
V^tilJ^txtl P'^'" f°^ iciWm^ the Precedency of the Peers, ac-
tion. Cording
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A P P E N 6 f X. i!j>
cording to their Anttency and 'Hrnes of Creation,
have, upon full and deliberate Hearing, and examin-
ing the fiid ASt, in every Part, in open Houfe, ad-
judged, and do adjudge and declare, die faid AA,
3t iJtmj VIII. to be full and dired in the Ptnnt
to enjoin every Peer , upon hew Creation, to have
Place according to the Time of his Creation, and
Date of his Letters Patent, and no otherwife i and
cVerjr other antient Peer to hold hia Place according
to hit Aniiquity and Crettionj and no otbecwife,
unlcfi It be in fuch Cafes of fudi Perfoni, and in
fuch Places as tfle fuid A& doth particularly men-
tion : And whereases Majefty was pleafed to (end
a gracious Mcflage to this Houfe, to let us know
that it Was never his Intention to innovate any thing
hi that Kind, or to win any Power contrary to Law
or arnient Cuflom, in Matter erf placing one before
another) but his Majefty having refolved to confer
that Dignity on that Noble Perfon at the fame Time
with the other then advanced, he being the lirfl in
Quality of them, was confequently to have had the
firft Creation t but being at that Time cafually for-
' gotten, and his Majefty afterwards remembered of
him, he did but affign htm that Rank which wai sc
iirft intended, without the leaft Thought of injuring
any in the Parliament, or ever to do tihe like for the
future i as alfo his Majefty defired that it might pais
for this once (n this Particular, coniidering bow old
- a Man this Lord is, and childleTs { fo that he may
erijoy it durir^ his Time, with this Afiiirance,
that bis Majefty will never more occafion die like
Difpute, but allow Degrees to be marflialled accord-
ibg to the Statute in that Behalf. The Lords do
give his Majefty very humble and hearty Thanks for
bis Printtly Care to fatisfy this Houfe of hri clear
Intention, and are contented, (the Lords particularly
interefted- in the Precei^ency having firft given their
Confents) that the faid Eart may hold the fame Place
at he now ftandt entered, ^br his Life ot^ly ; and
, diat Place of Precedency not to go to his Heirs.
' Widi this Provl'b, That it fhatl not, in the leaft
Degree, be brought hUo Example to pr^udice tbf ,
VtL.XKilU Z undoubted
, L%. _...,C".oogIc
fil' A ? P B N D I X
un^oubcp}, Right of ih« Pm^i^ according to tb* .Adl
Juflgmcnt pronouact^ : And wiit)i,thii fo|«ainPro*
tcftatioo, That as |iis Maj^A/. hath been pleafed to
proinife he wiltn^ver, in the future, leek to break
the. f'rece4<-'>Sy MtWd according to Antiquity of
' .CreaUon inany Sort, fq.the.Lprcis willnevQC upoQ
^y Occafion hetc^rtcr, givewaytoany Ptcfxiaacf
(though but for Life, or tenpporaryj: In any Point
in^Ugningor contTadiSjngtlus juflgnient, grounded
upon the , aforefaitl Suture, delivered upon fo greaj
and roui>d Dd)beration and A^j^'icp, with a general
Content^ which they have caufod to be entered and
ioroUed, andfliall be read, at t|ie Beginning vfrro^
£e|liqni;itt^.(^enHai4re, ^nj^ng the Odci?.
I-"^"*"^™ * Onjer^d, uppn the Queftipn, mm- an^ That
u|«nNOMnr, ,j,g j^^^jiny ^f- ^l^^ Kingdom, and Locds of the
Upper Houfe of Parliaoentv are, of anricsnt J^jght,
in all Courts at DcfendafitSi to. anfwccupQiv Pror
tellqtion of fionoi;r onjyj and : not upoR thecoma
monOath. P«rQrder, M4iy,6, 1628.
,^'p^* *Oid5rpd.Th«thpGoodsgfprjvUed6ed Pttfoni
rriTilcgcd. takenjn (ixecution, are to be ro-deliviered audfrcpd, at
vfcllasthfuir.Per&its, /'fr Order, May 20, i6a8.
Lobbjr Chinbcr. < Orde^d, That nonQ but Nobleaien,.aDd tbc
nccelTaty Attendants of nhe Houfe, are to cotne into
the Lobby f ■ or the little C^mAtittve-Clnqibei. Prr
OrdeN A% 2 3, 1 628, P. M.
(^neli, Dii ' Ordered, by^dicLprds. in Parliament, for avnd-
*r*' ■'• *■• ingof all Mifta^es, UB^indneffc*. and other Difo-
' "* rencesi ^hich ma^ gro^v toQaarj:els, tending to tb«
Breach (rf Peace; Thai i£-j>r}i Lord flnajl. conceive
himlctf tQ have received apy Affront or Injury from
any athcf Member of the Hqufp, either In the Par-
liamtnt-Houfe, or at any Coqimitteey or in the Room
belonging to ^e LiOrds'. Houfe. of farljanKflt, be
{ball appeal to ijle Lord;. iD.P4rJiiment for hts Re-
parfitiofii which if he. f^all iW do, but occafion or
entertain Quarnelj, Reclining the Juftico of the
Houfe, ' thet] the Lord that .Ihall be found thexein
delinquent, Iball un4ergo the fev«re Centre of the
Houfe ofParjiAtpeaiX »p4 ihEt thi».Qrde( be added
XO'theScwtpfrOrduaDgthcHooIi:-
,, , ' . -■ * Or-
A P P E N- D I X. 251^
« Ordered, by the Lords in Parliament, TbatP~«""|«'. ^i*
fuch Lords as (hail make Proteflatioo, or enter their fjj; "'"" S*
DiSents to any Vote of. the Houfe, fliall make their ,'
faid PrQteftaitton, or ffvc Dire^tioni 10 hayc theic
PiOcnt entered into thC; Clcrlt's Bpak the next SitT
ting-Day of the Houfe, or el [i: the faid Proteftation,
or Uiflent, to be void and of none Effcit. swatw of the
' Ordered, by the Lords in Parliament allcmbled,,^'^^^^),-,^,^
That it is the Duty of the Lord-ChancelEor or Lord-^ww 9, iMo.
Keeper of the Great Seal of England^ ordinarily to
, attend the Lords' Houfe of Parliament ; and that ia
Cafe the Lord-Chancellor or Lotd-Keepcr be abfent
-from the Houfe of Peen, and that there be none
authorized under the Great Seal from the King to
fupply that Place in the Houfe of Peers, the Lords
may then chufi: their own Speaker diirii^ that Va*
icancy.
'Upon Report from the Commlttte for Privileges, ^"'"^"^ "^
concerning the Introdu^ion of Lord; by Dsfcentj^; ' 'Jjs*^'
into the Houfe of Peers, it ia rcfolved, by the Lords
Spiricuitl and Temporal in Parliament aflcmbled^
That all Peers of tha Realm, by Defcent, beingof
the Age of twenty-one Years, or upwards, have
Right to come and ^t in the Houle of Peen without
any latrodu^Lon. Refolvedr ^f. That no fudi
Peers ought to pay any Fee or Fees to any Herald
upon tlieir firll comiiig into the Houfe of Peers. Re>
folved, £tff. That noiuch Peers may or (hall be io'-
troduced into the Houfe of Peers by any Herald, or
with any Ceremony, though they Jball defire the
(ame. Rcfolved, tfc That thcfe Votes be entered
and affixed to the general Orders of the Houfe of
peers, to prevent all Qi^efiiont or Claims of this Kind
fof the future.
* Upon Report from the Lords Cnmmittees for Canrtrntng &«•
■Privileges, ibat, in Purfuance of the firft Part of*'""'°°^^
the Order of the ?4th of Feiruery iiiU d.teacd to ,j^: ^ *'
the Committee, upon the reading of a Bill for |e-
&ot'\ug Sir Cbaries 5/iib/#; in Blood, the. tirftTime,
as thi: faid Bill began in the Houfe of Commons,
it appearing by the Records of Parliament ihat kU
Bills {<ti RcilituUoB in Blood ought, (bcfuie they
Z 3 b« '
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, »54 APPENDIX.
be admitted and received in Parliament) upon bufn-
blc Petition, to have his MajeAy's Allowance fdr
preienting the f^id Bills j and that then they are to
be proiecuted and begun iniheHoufeof Peers: Con-
trary to which Privilege there having been Errors
committed, by teafon of the beginning Tome Bilb of
this Nature in the Lower Houfe, our late Sovereign,
King yamesf was pleafed to take Notice Chercc^
openly, giving Admonition to both Houfei con-
cerning our Aa, (namely, for Reftitution of Retv
land Marriek in Blood ) that no fuch A^ of ReRi-
tutinn, fr<Hn thcncefonh, fhould be proceeded with-
all in Parliamentt till the fame was firft allowed and ■
-figned by the King, and that then it ought firfi to be-
gin in the Higher Houfe, whereof his fad Majeftydid
exprefaly will an Obfeivation and Remembrance to
be made. Noiwithltanding which Rule, by reafon
of the Interruption of the regular and parliamentary
Proceedings, occafioned in the late tumultuous
Times, whereby Sir Charlti Slanlty and his Counfel
have been mi{talcen in the proper Way for bringing
in a Bill for Reflituiion in Blood into the Parlia-
ment, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parlia>
ment aJTemblcd, do declate. That although they
have been pleafed to receive the faid Bill, yet it is
with this politive Rtfolution, That, for the future,
no fuch At% of Reftitution fhall he proceeded with-
all in Parliament, until the fame be ftrfl allowed and
ligocd by the King's M^jelty, and then that it fiiitll
fitft begin in the Houfe of Peers; and that, to this
Purpole, the'fald Refolution of this Houfe, conform-
able to the Orders of the 2id and 27th of May, in
-3 Jfc. 1 606, be entered upon the Roll of the Stand-
ing Orders of thn Houfe.
BB^ be duly < Up-n Report made by the Lord- Chamberlain
^»r°i'668. ^"^"* '"* Committee of the whole Houfe, cooceming
the Bill for raifinjr 300,000/. by an Impofition on
-Wines and other Litjuors, that in regard the faid
Bill beit^ very long^ and confilling of many Para-
gn^&y came from the Houfe of Commons fo near
the Time of Adjournment, he was commanded to
report it, a* the Opinion of the Committee, (hat it
might
A P. P E N D I, X. 255
ini^t be entered into the JeurMl of this Houfe, <
That there may be no fuch Argument hereafter uCed
in thitHoure (ax upon this Bill of Shortnefs of Time)
for the pafling of Bills to precipitate the paling
thereof} but ihit due CunfiJcration may be bert.--
after had, according to the Couife of Parliaments^
the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, in Parliainent af*
femfilcd, agree with ihc Report mack trum the Com-
mittee; and ordered that this Ordd- he entered on
the Roll or the Standing Orders of this Houfe,
* Ordered, by the I^rdi Spiritual and Temporal ^^"^^jj^*
in Parhament iRcmbled, That if any Lord have^^^ ,),^^g,l<
occafion to fpeak with another Lord ol thii Houfe,iiupoa Bufuuf*.
while the-Houfc is fitting, they are to go together*''^!'''*'**
below the Bar, or elfe the Speaker is to flop the
Bufinefs' in Agitation ; and that this Order be ad-
dcd to the Standing Orders of this Houfe.
'Forasmuch as upon Writs of fc'rror return^ Piw^Jinp •>{-
able in this High Court of Parliament, the Pariia-;;;;;;*'^'^^
tiient therein doth olten defire Delay of Jnff ice, r»- Snkr tX ike
therthan to come to the Determination ol the Right Woufc, Dn. ■),
oftheCaufci it is therefore ordered, by the Lords J^^'/'^'^-''
' Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament allembW,
I'hat the Parliament, in all fuch Writs, after die
fame and the Records be brought in, Ihall fpeedily - -
repair to the Clerk of the Parliament, and prufecti<e
their Writs of Error, and fatisfy the Officers of thh
Huufe their Fees, juAly due unto ttiem by reaf n nf
the Profccution of the faid Writs of Error and the
Proceedings thereupon ; and further IhaTl 'UTign their
Error within eight Days after the bringing in of fuch
Wj-its with the Records ; and if the Plaintiff make
De^ult fo to do, then the Clerk of the Defendant,
if fucb Writs require it, Iball record that the- PUin-
tifF haUi not profecuted his Writ of Error ; and that
the Houfe doth therefore award that fuch Plaintiff
fllall lofe his Writ, and that the Defendant fhili go
fritboul Day, and that the Record be remitted ; and
if any Plaintiff, in any Writ of Error, fhall alled^e
Diminution, and pray a Ctrtiarari, tbe Clerk (ball
enter an Award thereof accordingly ; an3 the PJDin-
tiff may before, in hmUi ijl Erratum^ fuc forth tbe Writ
Z 3 of
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856 APPENDIX,
of Certitrari in ordinary Courfe, without fpecial Pe-
tition or Motion in this Qoure fer the fame j and if
he ihall not profecute fuch Writs, and procure it to
be returnable within ten Days next qfter his Plea of
Piminutionput into this Houfe, then, unlcfs hefllcif
coodCaufetO this Haute for the enlarging of the
Time for the returning of fuch WrJr» 1^ fliall lofe
the ficnefit of the fame, and the Defendant on the
Writ of Error may proceed as if no fuch Writ of
Ctrtierari was awarded,
Lorii to k«p * Offered, by the Lords SfHtitua) and Temporal
(heir pirn- u|i- in parliament aileaibled, That, after aQueflioni^
M vBtuig in die putj aijd the Houfe hath voted thereupon, no Lord
"r'ifizo.- «^° depart out-of his Place until the Houfe hatli .
cither entered upon fome other BulirMils, or upon
Confideration of adjourning the Houfe: and that this
Order be added to the KdJ of Standing Qrders of
■ the Houfc.
- • y„ ' Ordered, tff. That when a Quefilon hath bejsn
f^^^))^^^, truly put by the Speaker, no LordU tofpeakagainffc
■t^j; the Qufftion btfore voting ; and ih^t this ftall ba
entered into the Roll of the Standing Orders of this
Houfe.
Lerdi Mt 10 an- ' UpoR Report made this Day from the Lordi
(w=r Accuritioni^oujiijitlecs appointed to confider of the Privi*
'" '^naaa'. >-'p&^* °^ *^* Peers of this Realm, and Order and .
710, i67i.Culloms of the Lords' Houfe, 6'f. to whom wai
rrferred the Examining of what hath been the Prae*
{ice fn foriner Timesi in the Cafes uf Lords dcfinng
Leave to appear and anfwer ' Accufations in the
Houfe of Commons, that their Lard&ips have
Jearcbed and pcrufed i'recedettfs, and thercupoa
conceive that it may deeply intrench upon the Pri-
vileges of this Houfe, for any Lord of this Houfe to
anfwer an Acculation in the Houfe of CommoiB,
either in Peifon, or by fending his Anfwer in Wri-
ting, ox by bia Coun^l there ; upon fcrious Confi-
deration had whereof, and Perufal of the faid Prece-
dents in thia Houfe, it is ordered, (it. That, for il»
fijture, no Lord fltall either go down to the Houfe
of Commons, or fend his Anfwer in Writing* or
appear by Counfcl to anfwer any At^ufation ^rc,
upon
c...,, Google
•A t * E fJ 6 i' *. 257 .
Upon' Pe'nSJty of being committei] to the Black ftod,
or the Tower, during the Pleafute of thisHcufe'}
and that this Order be added to the Standing Orders ,
of thisHoufe, that tht Locda may the better take
Notice of the fame.
'Order«id, (Sc. That no Oath fball be impofed o^tioidw
by any SiU, or othefwifc, upon the Peers, with a,«4y*dKPri,i.
Penalty, incafeof Refufal, to lofc their Places and lege of Ptcnge.
Votes in Parliament, or Liberty of Debates therein i-^' V- ''7i'
and that this Order be added to the Standing Ordcn
Of'ihisHoufe. ■
* The Lords Spiritual and Temporal^ i^c. dowitocAi to be
dcclarp. That in all Cafes, wherein it fs jieceflary**''""^'* ^
to examine Witncfles in ptrpetuam Rii jMj'»«i'''»ff*^II^ ^" hwi
it (ball not be taken to be a Breach of the PrivilegeBmch of prm<
of Parliament to file a Bill againlt a Peer in Time''!*' J"!* I"
df ParKameht, and toulceout ufual Procefsforthat' ' '
Furpofe only ; and Aiat this Declaration be added
to the Rbll of Standing Orders.
- » Ordered, fJfc. That all Perfons who (hall have,.i„ B„ity
aqy Writs of Error, or PetitiorM of Appeal fromVor brii^E in
any Court of Equity, to be exhibited to this Houfc,"™"" "^ f""
(To bring thfeir faid Writs of Error, and prefent tbei?^^,'J^,;'^,.
Petitions within fourteen Days, to be accounted
from and after the firft Day of every Seflion ot
Meting of Parliament, after a Receft j after which
Time the Lords do declare they will, during every
fuch'Sjtttng, receive no Writ of Error, or Petition
«f Appeal, unlefs upon a Judgment given in any of
bis MajeHy's Courts of Judicature, or Decrees had
in any of the CburtB of Equity, wHiift the Parlia-
ment is actually fitting; in which Cafes, the Party
who ihail' find hitnfelf s^ricved may bring his
Writ of Error, or Petition of Appeal, within four-
teen Days after fuch Judgment or Decree is given ;
and that this Order be added to the Standing Utder?
of the Houfe of Peers, andlikewife publifhed in Print,
to the £[)d that all PcrTons concerned may take
Notice thereof) and obfeive it accordingly.'
" . Z4 The
Upl.z.U:..GOOglc
fur.
258 APPENDIX.
The foregwng bdng the RemetnbFances, igc. of,
the Heuft of Ltrds, is taken from a Folio mifcel-
Imeous MS. in Dr^ Z. Greys Colle£tion } and the.
following, rctiiive to the Rules, Orders, i^e. of the
Htufi if Cammmtf is from a printed Book, intituled,
Obdehs, St ANDiKG Orders, dWResolotions
tftht Han.MovtlifCotayioitit relating U their
Forms «/* Proceeding, Privileges, tgc,
Ceileiled eut af the Journals, ani/ digefttdun-
dertbtir/evtral Heads; printed in tbefear J747."
The Original Preface.
/F it it reaftnabU ta wander that this Manual
was never fuhlijhtd before, it will be fo much ibt
ieji tieleffarf to aptlogtxe for fublifiting it now : Ani^
jurtlj, if it appears^ that not only all who have SeaU,
in Partiament^ or wbt are in « Capatity to fit, or
who have Bufinsfs to tranfaH there, km the whaU.
People in general are intertfted in the Rules and Qr^
iers of tbtir Reprefeniativet, it will not be difpUed.
thai they ought te it acquainted with tbem \ and tbt.
Pirfitni will rather deferve their Thanks than Cen-,
fure, who put it in tbeir Power to hife. .
Nowt barely to read tbenti it to be convince^ of.
tbii i for ibey will be found te reach to olmafi all .Orm
Jertof Men, either mediately or immediate^, from tht
Judge to the Bali§'s FolUwer^ andfrem the Peti-
tioier at the Bar to the Footman en the Slgirt^
etrd the Vagrant in the Street: And it it fit for
thcfi without Doors to refeG, with a due Mix-
ture of RtVirevce and Allentiony that ibe H^erd Pri-
vilege is teeome as facrtd as the Word Law ; fini
that Ignorance may bo held at infufficient a Plea^ its
Cafe of an Qffente^ egoinfl the one at the other.
' Then for thaje within, if we mayprefume tofpeai
tf tbem at all, it can ftarct be fa'idy that they ar^
qualified for the Truft repafed in tbem, till tbty art
acquainted, in fame Degree, with tbt Meibaai tm
tohith it it to be difcharged : And this it a inawm
Truib, Jbat Men ofvefyjleadtr Parts, by render-
ing
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A P P E N D } X. 859
I'Hf thtmfihfs therougb Mafltrt ef tbt Fortni ef tii
H'ivf't havt madt ihtmfthis etn/idirahU^ havt fatf
eitd ihtmfihit /» bi mare fa ; end, by the mtrt Dint
of calling t» Order, andqueiing Jeurnalf and Prtet' .
dealt, have fatiutimei dtfeated Argumintt they etuld
rat a»/teer, and triumphed tvir 'TuUnts end abiiititt
that infinitely ira-'fcended their tv/n ; v/bieh ii oilthat
Kted bt /aid te recammend a Stitdy, hltherta, tirhapt,
Ua much nagleSed \ and ia juftify a Publicjttan, that
eavU never be mtre feafinable, than vjhm Jo manj
nevi Membtrtarejuji entering intatbt Savite af their
C$mtrj.
OKDiKi«/'i£fHoDsBs/ Commons.
Junt tOt 1 604.
* * GREED for Order, upon Occafion of aortmofDwwi.
i\ Speech Mttered by L Lewis L, That whotu cy iM nehatiMt
«ver hii&tb, or difturbnh any Man in his Speech,'"*^ **"•*•
fhall anfwcr it at the Bar, ai a Bieach of Order^
tnd Conteoipt <^ the Houfe.
^Aiayy, 1607* Ordered upon the Qiieftion, That,
in going forth, no Man fhouU flir until Mr, Speaker
do rife and go before^' and then all the itQ QtuulJ
follow after him.
* Atarc/n), 162$, I Car. Ordeicd, That lii'nc
Ihall go out ol the Houfe, when it rifcth, before
Mr. ^waiter.
* March I J, 1625, I Car. Ordered, That no
Man fliall go out from the grand Committee before
the Speaicer talce his Chair again, and fd the HouTe
rife in the ufual Order.
' May 17, 1614. Ordered, That wbolbevcr fland-
eth in the ^utry pay 1 2 d. prel^tly to the Serjeant.
' Revived AA. 6and9|i ibii.— Feb. 2^ 1625.
yan. 15, 164 1, — Det. 14, 1660, and ^unf 7, 1661.
* Feb. J 5, 1620. The Speaker told. That he was
too courteoui, for that he put uff his Hal too ofteu %
he {bould not move it until the third Cungre.
* Ntv. iiS, 1630. Ordered, upon the QiieAion,
That all thofe who difturb the Houfe, h^ ruQiing
iDto the Entry betore Mr. Speaker, at tbc Rifing of
the Houfe, fluU be called to tfac Bar.
* Aiartb
..C'.oogic
s6o A P P E if b I X.
* March 26, 1627, 4 Car. Ordered, That «T1 who
. fland in the Entry, or go out diforderly before the
Speaker, fliall pay 12^. a-plece to ihe Serjeant,
aiid fo likewife at the grand Committee, whe.i the
Houfe (itteth.
• Revived Jwtf 14, 7*«. 20, and />i. ,9, 1627;
and Ffi. t6, 1643.
' AW. 12, 1640, P. M: Ordered, That whofo-
everfhallgoforthoftheHoufein aconfufed Manner,
before Mr. Speaker, (hall forfeit io>. andthacthe- >
Reporters might go iirfl to take riieV Places.
' Nev. 25, 1640. Ordered, That when any MeF-
fage is to go up to the Lords^ none Oiall go out of
' the Houfe before the MefTcngers.
*.Dtc, 4, 1640. Ordered, That svhofocver does
not take his Place when he comes into the Houfe,
or removes out of his Place,' to the Oiftbrbancc of
the Houfe, {hall pay 12 1^. to be divided between'
die Seijeaht and ihePoOr ; and whofocver fpcakeA'
fo loud in the Houfe, when any Bill or other Mat--
ttr is reading, as to difturb the Houfe, Aall pay
^ the like Forfeiture.
• Maji, 1641. Rcfolvcd; That If any Man flwH
whifpcr, or llir out of his Place, tothe Diftuibancc"
di the Houf^, at any Mefiagc or"^Bufinefs of Impor-
tance, Mr. Speaker is ordered to prefent his Name
to the Boul^, for the Houfe to proceed agatnft him
as they fliall think fit. *
'WW. 17, 1641. Ordered, That the Serjeant
(hall defire the Gentlemen Members of the Houfe;
to take their Places when they come into the Houle,
• and not (o (lop up the I^flage in die Time of
Prayers. " - . -
' Dk. 14, 1641. Ordered, That the Member*
of the Houfe that are goneirp to the Lords now be*
fore Mr. Speaker, Oiall pay their 5 t. a-piecc.
* Fth. 17, 164^. Ordered, That no Member do
prefume to go over the Seats, i^r crofs the Houfci
CO the Difturbance of the Houfe, or read any print-
ed Book In the Houfe i and that fuch Member aa
fiiall fo oSend, fluirpay \%d, to die Box for the
Ufe of the Poor.
* **?«»
. U.0.1Z..J.: Google
APPENDIX, z6i
'_. •S*^. 19,1656. Agresdior^Rule, ThatwhiBt
any Stranger is in the Houfe, na Member ought to
ftir out of'hte Place, tior {pak unto uiotbcn
, • Jutui, i66i. Ordered, That whcnToever the
Houfe i« to life, ever)' Member keep hit Seat t\\V
the Speaker go out, attd tbia every one in ttieir
Courfe orderly as tbey fit, and not ortrthe Forms.
< Prdered, That aU Tuch of the Alembert of thia
{foufe as climb over their Seats ihaU pay i-zd. tOt
the SeiieaBt atten<Kngthi$ Houfe.
< FirhjSt 1661. Ordered, That all Members of
this Honfe, that (ball internipt the HoqTc in Debates,
^y piivatc.DifcourJe, be caBod to the Bar,
, ' Jan. aa, 1693. To the End that all Debate* of
fhis" Houfe Ibould be grave and orderly, as becomes
fi» great an Aficmbly, andthatsO IntCFrup^ns fttaR
be prevented by it, ordeicf 'and <)echiecl. That
no Member of this Houft do prerume to malce
9ny Noife or Difturbance, whilft any Member flialt
be orderly debstiiig, or whilft any Bit), Order,
or other Mattet, ftall be reaiTing or opchii^ ; and'
in cafe of any Noife or Dijlurbance, ttrat Mr.
Spe;^et do call upon the Member, by Name,
making Tucb Difturbance ; qnd ihzt every fudi
Perfon fliall incur the DiQilearure and Ceidure d*
this Houfe,
^-Marehi^y 1693. Ordered, That -no Memljcr
p{ the Houfe do proiune' to talce Tobacco in the
Gallery of the Houfe.
' Ordered, That no Member of the Houfe do
prefiune to talce Tobacco at the Table, fitting at
Committees.
' Fti, 10, 1698. Ordered, Tb^ every Member of
this Houfe, when he comes into the Houfe, do take
his Place, and not Aand in the Pafiage at he comes ii)
or goesou^r, orUt or fland in any of the FafTages to
the Seats, or in the Paflage behind the Chair, oj
dfewhere that is not a proper Place.
* Revived Ftt. 15, 1710.
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262 A P. P END I- X,
Orien fcr tfce • *fan. J, i64o. It was ordered as a cnnfi'ant Rule,.
^cTif'^d*'""'^''- Speaker U not to go to his Chair till ibire
■djoanuBf tlw be at leaft forty in the Houfc.
Hoofe, MdVi> « April X, 1641. Ordered, That whereas, amoiig
^S %^^* *** Commiffioners Names for the Counties of Oxtn
' * and GlncefitT^ and the City of Glw^epr, Mr. Speaker
» oii\y mmed ff^liiam LtKibaU, Eiq- it is now ordery
cd, that it Ihould be exprefled miUam Lmhail^ Efy.
Spt0ieraf iluWu/it/ CgmmtiUr3M6tba.t be he Tznk-
ed ii) the lirft Place.
*Z)«.,i9, 1678. Reruived, That Mr. Speaker
{ball not at any Time adjourn the Houfe, without a
Quefiion ikft put, if it be inftfied 0.1.
' Rcfolved, That this Refolution be entered in the
yaurmt, as a Standing Order of this Houle.
^ Jjiril 12^ 1679. P.M. Refdved, t^e. That
it be a Standiag Order ^ the Houfc, that, from
henceforth, upon any Vacancy of (he Chair, no Mo-
tion be made for chufing of a new Speaker till after
Eleven o'CIock.
* Mar<h 20, 1728. Ordered, That, for the future
when any Letter or Packet, direfied to this Hooft-^
fhall come to Mr. Speaker, be do c^n- the fame,
arvd acquaint the Houfc at their next Sitting with the
Cot)ient> thereof, if proper to be comaauiiicajLcd to
the Houfe. .
Orden wocWng • />J. aj, xf>-i% %\ Joe. Agreed there be a gene-
»^ "^ ral Warrant to Mr. Speaker, to make Warrants for
new Writs, in cafe ot* Death or double Rrturnt.
, ■ ' Fib. 25, 1623. Ordered upon theQuefitnn, That
all Petitions, about ElciSions and Returns, fhalt be
frefented to the Committee of Privileges within a
'ortntght from this Da^, or clfe to be filenced for
this Si-ffion.
* March 5, \&21' Ordered, upnn the Qucfliin,
That all Affidavits taken in any Court concerning
Elections, Rciurns, or any Thihg^pendmg there-
upon, bereji-dled, and not ufed hereaf'er.
' Fek. 15, 1625. All Petitions touching EleA^ons
to be preferred within fourteen Days after the Re-
turn.
'^Fth.
U.o.lz..J.:GOOglc
A P P E N I 3f. 263
■Ai. 18, 1615. Ali Petitions conccTtiing Elec-
tions pad to be dcKvered in hefoie TburfdofFoit-
ni^tj ind'for other Eledioni to be nude faeteafter*
a Fortnight after their Return.
■ * Martb 30, 1616. J Car, Ordered, ThM War-
rants do ifliie under Mr. Speaker's Hand to die
Clerk of the Crown, for Writs for new Eledions,
in the Room of the feveral Places waved j and a
general Warrant to Mt. Speaker, without fiirthor
Motion, to make Warrants to the Ckrk of the
Crown, for new Writs upon Elefiions of any odier
double Return, or upon any Race to grow void by
Death daring this Parliament,
*^Jan. 30, .1626. 4. Car, Ordered, That a gcne<-
ral Warrant be made to Mr. Spe^er, upon Deaths,
to make Warrants for new Elections, mthout Mo-
tion, as in other Cafes upon Ele^ions.
* It is upon the Quellion ordered. That all who
are doubly returned Iball make th^ir £le£lion {ck
which Place they nlll lerve, upon, ot before^ this
Day Se'nnighr.
* It b this Day ordered upon the QueftKn, That all
fuch as will queftion any £le£lion already returned,
fiiall do the ^me by Petition, to be delivered to the
Committee of Privileges, within fourteen Days next
'following, attd forthofe Elections hereaiter to ber»>
turned, within fourteen Days after the Return thereof.
' Revived AW. 16, 1640. ^fprilit, 1660.
* March 28, 1627, 4 Car. Every one that it
doubly returned to niake his Elefiion now, in the
, Houfe, or elfe the Houfe to make EteAion for him.
' Jfril 16, 1640. Ordered^ That they that are
by more Indentures than ufual returned, . lb all with-
draw tbemfelves from fitting in the Houfe, till the
Committee for Privileges have further wdered it, and
the Committee be defited to expedite their Bufinels.
' Mv. 6, 1640. This Committee is appointed
to examine and confidcr all Queftions to grow and
arife this P^idiament, itbout Eledions and Returns,
and other Privileges of the Houfe; and to report
their Opinions and Proceedings therein to the Houf*;
'ud have Power to fend for Kecordi, WitncSe*,
and
..CooqIc
2i4 A' Fi I^ E N 13 I 35.
Ktut Parties, an^ tp hear Counfd ; and are fat Ah
Purine to olect ihit Afternoon, and aftWfiwds ever
n Saturdajh ^u^^j aad Tiur/d^^ in die Star-*
Chamber, after Dinner.
*0'J^iii^TbM. ^o^ Petitkuu this Diy deliver-*
- cd- into the Houfe, concerning Elet^ons, fliall b^
bundled up, aj)d. delivered to the Committee of Prtvi*
ieget, and they to con£der which of them to fall ia
ijandilrft.
* Nn. 10, (£40. Moved) that fuch whoje £!«:■>■
tiioaa ate queflipfied, and are doublv returned, ihatt
be ncen^Ked from making, thejr v>9>c<^ for which
, Place they will fcrve till their EleSiona be deter- .
joined.
' Die. 10, 1 64 1. Wfaereu the Houfe of Coqi«
mDna has received Infprmation, tjaat Letters from
Feere are diicdcd to Boroughs, that are noW to makf
Ele£timis for Members to fcrve in this Parliament {
they coiKCive that all Lettcn in that Nature, froqi
any Peers of this Realm, do necellarily tend to tlv
, Violation of the Frivilege of Parliament, .and die
Freedom of Election of Members that oug^t to ftrve
in the Houfe of Commons ; and do declare, .Thatj
notwithfl^nding liicfa Letters, all Perfons to whom
Ele^ion of Knights and Burgefles do belpnK, ovg^t
(p proceed to tkeir Elei^ions with that Freedon},
which, by the Laws of the Re^lm, and bj; Righfa
they ou^t to do; and do ex[>e£l that» if aiiy fuch
Letters, from any Peers of the Realm, Ihall here'
.after, be fent untd iheait thC; Parties receiving tbe
fame certify the Contents thereof,, and bring tins
Letters themfelves to the Speaker of the Houfe of
- Commons.
' Ref9lved> That theKni^ds, Citizens, Burgefles,
and Barons of tlM Cinque ;P(»'ts, ihall fend Copies oS
this Order to the feveral Counties, Citiesj Borough),
.and Cinque Ports refpcflively.
_ , ' Nev. 17, 1645. Rcfolvcd, e?c That this Houfc
df^tl dfdare and order. That alt Elc^ons of any
Knightt' Citizen, or Burgcfs to ferve in Parliament,
be made without Intcrr«[Kion or MpIeSadon by any
4 . Cun^
upiz..j\,C00glc
.(^QiliDWiila'i Governor, O^cer, or&ldieF, that bath
not, in the County, City, or Borough reipeftively,
Ht^t of eloiling ; and that this Order be fcnt to
Jtdniii'tg at the next Eledion ; aiid> it Is further «•
dcred, that thisOrder.be printed. ,
* Stpl. 5, 1654. Hefoivcd, That qo Petitioa
againft an Eledlion of fuch Members as are alreadf
r«Citrnecj for England or SettUnd^ thai! be icceivea ,
by the Committee of Privileges after three Weeks
f(om,this Pay. r
* Ft^. I, 1657. Refolved, That in ail Cafes of
double Retur^ns, or more for one and the fame Place*
none that are To jeturned, unlefs they be named in
both, or all the Returns, do fit'uotil the Houfe have
kt& determined tpuching the laid Returns or Elec-
tions.
* Refolved, That the Committee of Privileges do
examine and determine Elections upon double Re-
turiQ, or more, in the firfl Place, and report the Isune
to the Houfe with all the Speed that ma^ be.
* April 2^ i6do. Refolved, ^f. That all Mem-
beis upon double Returns do forbear to lit, till the
Point of double I^eturns be dcteimined, unJefs they
bcreturned.in feveral Indentures;' and fuch who are
t^turned in thefeveral Indentures may fit.
, ' The fame Miy,ii, it6i- Mairek 18, ifi^S.
The fame every Seffion.
* Refolved,' i^c. TYaX. the Committeehave Power
to examiqe and confider all Queftions, which IhaB
^ow and arife this Parliament about £le^on» and
^turns, and other Privileges,, and <o acquaint tlu;
Houf? with their Proceedings from Time to Time;
and all tha double Returns to be firft taken into
ConGdetaiion, and reported to the Houfe ; and thejr
ate tomeet in the Exchequer Chamber this Affer-
^noon at Two o'Clock, and every Tut/da^, Thurfiajy
Knd Saturday in the Afternoon, with Power to fen4
for Perfons, Papers, Writings, and Records, and
. vvhat elfe may conduce to the &u(ine&.
; _ ' May 26, 1660. Ordered, That the Members
of this Houfe, who are doubly elei^ed, and neither of
dieii Elet^ions queflioned, do make thetr Ele^ions
.->..• t.y
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s«6 A P P E N D I X.
hf 'finirfiaj next, or» in Oe&ult thereof, the Houfe
to clefl for dicm.
■ "July 20, 1660. This Hoafc doth declare it to
be 3 fundamental Order of this Houfe, that the pro-
per Officer (except only in Cafes of Impoiency or
^klc^cfs} ought to amend in the Houle all Returns
of Eleftions, where, upon an Error committed in
the Return, the Houfe iball fee Caufe to order an
Amendment.
*Maj II, 1661. Refolved, That this Committee
do meet thii Afternoon at Two o'Clock in the Ex-
chequer Chamber, and evety TuifJay^ Tburflaj, and .
Soturdoy at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon, in the
Place bt fore -mentioned, and do take Into ConAdera-
tion all fuch Matteis as (hall or may come in Queftion,
touching Returns, Ele^ions, and Privileges, li>d to
proceed upon double Returni in the iitft Place, and
to report their Procedings (o the Houfe.
* And all Peifons that will queflion double Retumt
already made, are to do it in fourteen Days next, and
fo in fourteen Days after any new Retgtn fhalf b^
brought in; and ihe Committee Is to have Power to
receive Petitions, and to fend for Witnellcs, Papers^
and Records, for their Information, and to mvke Re-
port of any MaUer which fball concern Breach of
Privilege ; and all Metnbei's that areteturned, for two
or more Places, are to make their Eleftions, by this
, T5ay three Weeks, for which Place they will feive,
provided there be no Qucftion upon the Return for
that Place ; and if any Thing {halt come in Qucfiion
■ touching the Re:urn, or Matter of Privilege, of any
Member of this Committee ; fuch Member is to vnth-
draw from the Committee, during the Time the
'Mutttr which concerns himfelf is in I>ebale.
* This Order revived every Seffion.
* May 31, 1661. Ordered, That fuch Perfoni »
have exhibited Petitions to the Committee of Privi-
leges and EtcStons, without fubfcribing their Names
thereto, have Leave to fubfcribc their Names to the
faid Petitions, and that the Comminee do acccpc
thereof, though the Tinw limited fur exhibiting Pe- '
titiont be elapfed.
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- * Nn. 22, 1 66s. Refolved, Thar, for the ftihire.
When atty Writ HaW be ddivcnid for a new Ele^on
lof any Member to ferve in Parliament, the Party that
idoth rective the Writ fball deliver, or caufe the fame
In be foithwith fent ind delivered, to tlie proper Of-
ficer of the Place for the Ele^oa to be made.
^.j/prii 301 1662. Refolved, That this Houfe '
idotfa a^fx with the Committee, Tliat Notice of all
EleSions of M^inbers, to ferve for Shire Towna in
^tiiir^ .aaght to be given to the Out-Corporadom and
Boroughs in fuch Shire.
* Martib 3dt 1668. Refolved, That this Hc»ile
AoUx dcHare, That there is <no Fee due for Orders
ttr Writs of Ele^ions u^ the Adiniffion of Mem-
bers into the Houfe.
, » JaK, 18, idyo. Inforfoalion being pven to the
Houfe ofia Endeavour to.forcHall a free EteSion,
by iHi^oig oltt Papers in the Nature of Warrants to
^^^nga^e the Country before any Writ iflliing, and
. ficveral of the faid Papers being delivered in at the
Table,' and beings upon the QueAion, ordered to
M read ; and being read accordingly) fefblved> i^c.
That the fending of Warrants* or Letters in the
feature of Warrants, or Letters to High-Confla*<
bks, or other Ele£to>s, ^enaKnight of the Shire,
^ otitcr MembcTv is to be chofcn to ferve in Par-
liamettt, (» threatening in the Ele^tors^ is unpar-
iiamentary, and a Violation of the Rigba of
tUedom
• Jprit 13, i6js. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker
4o give Order to the Cleric of the Crown to take
Care tt»t the Writs for Elections of new Member*
be deliver'ed lio'ihe Sheriff, or proper 0£cer>
'^ril.2, 16771 Refolved, 5tfr. TTiat if atiy
Wribn hereafter to be ele&ed into s Place for to fit
antl ferve in the Houfe of Commons for any County,
City, Town, Port^ or Borough, after the Teft, ot
ihe iiluingout ofthe Writ or Writs of Elei£lion, up-
on the calling or fummoning of any Parliaments ,
hereafter, or after any fuih Place bea>mei vacant
-lierealter, in the Time of Parliament, fliall, by him-
iclf, or by any other on bis Behalf, at his Charge,
., Vot.XXm. A a M
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s68 APPENDIX.
or at any Pcrfon or Perfons, having Voice m any
fuch Election, any Meat, Drink, exceeding in tbe
true Value Ten-pence in the whole, in any Place,
or Places, but in bis own DwciKng-Houfc or Ha-
bitation, being the ufual Place of bis Abode for five '
Months laft paft,; or before fuch Elci9ion.bcniade,
or declared, make any other PrefenC, Gift, or Re-
ward, or any Promife, Obligation, or Engagement
to do ibe Tame, either to any fuch Perfon, or Per-
fons, in particular, or to any fuch Counqr, City,
Town; Port, or Borough, in general, or to and for
ihe Ufe and Benefit of them, or any of rhem, every
fuch Entertainment, Prefent, Gift or Pfomife, Obli- .
gation or Engagement, is, ' by this Houfe, declared
to be Bribery ; and fuch Enteruinment, Prefent,
Gift, Reward, Promife, Obligation, or Engagement,
beingduly proved, island (hall bei afufficient Ground,
Caufe, and Matter, to make every fuch EleSion
void, as to the Perfon fo olFcnding, and to render
the Perfon foeleded incapable to m in Parliament
by fuch Ele£lion ; and hereof the Committeeof Elec- -
tions and Privileges is appointed to take efpccial No-
tice and Care to a& and determine Matters coming
before them accordingly.
« Refolved, Wr. That the (aid Order againftttt-
celEvc Drinking at Ele^ions be a further Inftrudtm
to the Committee of Elcflions ; and that it be, from
Time to Time, entered amongft the izonflant and
ftanding Powers and Inftrudiions given by the Houfe
of Commons to the faid Committee.
( Continued a Standing Order Mty 23, 1678, mt
Gifehtrii, 1678.
* March 19, 1678. The Houfe taking Notice of
federal Complaints in the Petitions this Day read, of
divers MifUemeanors and undue Prances of She*
Kiffs, Mayors, Bailifi^, and other O^ets, in the
Eleflions and Returns of Members to fcrve in Par-
liament, ordered, rhat it bean InKru^onto the Com-
mittee of Privileges and Elections, That they do ex*
amine, and make a fpecial Report of all Mifcarri.
agesand undue PraSicet in Sherifis, Mayors, BailtA^
Mother Officers concernedia the letunung of Mem*
5 ^'^
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bct-k eledetl to (erve in Pailiamcnt, asli)£ewtfe of all
undue Praaiccs, Letters^ PrOmifcs^ Threats, or
OppreSons i> any Elcaiorts,
' O&tbeni, 1678. Ordercdi That Mr. Speaker
be defired to give Notice to the Clerk of the CroWa
to take Care that the Writs, fir the new Elcflions>
be delivered to the HandB of the Shdriif; ot the re-
rpedlive Countks, and that the (ioufe do expef) an
Account hereof. -
* Majl-j, t67g. Ordered^ That thcChairmart
^of the Committee of Privileges and Eleaions do
make a fpeciai Rt^port of theMifcarriagesofSh^riti^,
and other Officers concerned m the Retufn of Mem"
bcrs to ferve in Patliament, as well as in the Elec*
tiona that have been alKad)' examined by the tAid
Committee, as fhall hereafter coine befoie them.
^May 22, 1681. I Jac. H. Ordered, Th.t all
Members returned uponduuble Returns do wiihdraV/
till their RcturiM be determined.
* Ordered, That the Houfe do proceed upon
double Returns, in the firft Place, before any other
controverted Eleaions.
' Ordered, That all Members, who are returned
for two or more Places (except fuch Members as are
' beyond Sea) do make their Eleflioni in fcven Days *
next after for which of the PIjccs they will ferwe,
provided there be no Quellion upon the Return fof
fu<A Place*,
♦Revived Nav. 22, 1708. 7 'tnna.
■ * Jmiu 2, i68v Refolved, That no Mayorcm
4uly return himfelf a Burgefs to ferve in Parlianient
for thefame Borough of which he is Mayof at thd
Tune of the Eleaion.
* Refolved, That no Mayor, Bailiff,- or other
Officer, to whom he Precept ought to be ditefledt
is capable of being de<dedtf>lerve in ParKarnent for
•the fame Borough of- Which he is Mayer, Bailiff,
or Officer, at the timtrof the Eleaion..
:*ya«. 13, 1688. R'cflilvi^d, Thjt where any Va-
'Cancies have alrea.ly h^i|*e[i'il, or fljall hereafter- hap*
' pen, by Death, or RemOvitI of any Member or double
-Retutn^Mi'Spvdkef do, forthe luture, upOiiMutioa
Aaa to
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tjo A P p £ rJ o I X.
to thii Houfc, by his Letter, mi^e Application M
bis Highnefi the Prince ofOrangi, defiring him to ifliie
out hii Letter, dire^ed to the lefpe&'we Coroner, or
Coroners, ot Chief Magiftrate, (as formerly) forfup-
' plying fuch Vacancies by elc£Ling other Member*
therein,
' Jan. 23, 1688. The Houfe being informed
that it was an antient Order and Cuftoin of the
' Huufe, that) upon new Members coming into th«
Houfe, ihey be introduced to the Table betweeo two
Members, and make their Obcifance as they go up^
that they ^ay be the better known to the HoulCt te>
fblvcd. That the faid Order and Ciiftom be, for the
future^ obferved.
* 7«a. 28,. 1688. Ordered, That the Chairman
of the Committee of Piivileges be impowcred to re-
ceive Petitioni concerning Elediona of Memben to
ferve in this prefcnt Convention, and that thfe Peti-
tions be numbered ai they come in, and heard ift
Cotufcy ai the fame {hall be brought in to t)K Ccho-
inittec.
' Jpril 12,. 1690. Refolved, Tliat after aiRetum
is nude into the Crown-Office of Members to ferve
in Parliament, the fame fhall not be altered by the
.Sheriffs, or the Qerk of the Crown, or t^ any other
but by this Houfc.
^ April 20t 1690- Refolved, That Quaken hav-
ing a Freehold, and rcfufuig to take the Oaths wheR
tendered by the ShcriS*, are incapable of giving their
Votes for Kiughts of the Shire for that Rcafoo.
*yan. 12, i<$93- Ordered aitd declared, Thatthe
Hearing upon Petitions concerning the Elc^ons,
before the Committee of Etedions and Privileges, be
Jieard iq Priority and Courfe, ai (hey are fet dowo«
' and appcHnted to be heard by the faid Committee.
' Fit, 12, 1693. Evidence admitted to unquali^
Freeholden, who had fworn (hemfctvcs fuch at Ciua-
iritig* County Ele^ion.
' ii>«f . 7, 1 694. A Complunt being made to'dM
I^oufe, That the Writ for elediag of a Knight t»
ferve in this prefent Parliament, for the Counn of
CanSjvn, was not delivered to the Sheriffs, refolved,
Th«
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APPENDIX. »7i
That all Writs, for elefiing of Members to ferve
in Pailiament, be Immediately fent to ihc proper
Officer for £xecution thereof wiih all convenient
Speed.
* Dit. 7, 1695. Declared, That, in cafeof double
Returns, any Patty To returned may (within fourteen
Ddys after the Mutter, touching the Return, be de-
termined) petition as to the Merits of Eleflion.
. *5'«i. 16, 1695. Rcfolvtd, That the Houfc doth *
uree with the Committee in the Refolution, that
Evidence ought not to be admiued to difc^ualify an
Elector aa no Freeholder, who, at the Elp^icm, Iwure
jiimfelf to be a Freehotder^— ^-5«rT)> and Htrtftrd
Eleflions.
' Niv. 2Si 169s- Orderedt'Thatit beanlnllnic-
tlon to the Ci^mnilttce, that they io admit but two
Counfcl of a Side to be heard in any Caufe before
ibcm.
* Revived 0^. i£, 1^96 i, Dtt. 13, 16981 and
fin>. 1^, ]699. -
*■ Afienyaids added, [upon the Matter of centra-
Krted Ele^ionsJ Mo- 22, 1708.
* i>«. aj, 1698, RefoKed^ W«"/iw Gb/tjiAV/w/*,
That no Alien, (nof being a Denizen or naturalized)
.hath any Right to yotp in £}e^ioDS of Members ta
|i:rve in Parlijtment,
■ >^«». 24,1698. Ordered, That the Committeeof
Pihnl^es aiid ElcQions be impowercd, from Time tp
Time, to alter,' in Courfe, the pays of Hearing the faijl
Caufet, af they (ball h*Ppen to be poftponed.
* Dtc. 21, 1^99. Kefolved, TIfat It is the Opi-
nion of thu pompiittee, that if any Perfon, having
a Right to vote fpr tvp ^embers tq fcrve in Parlia-
ment, (ball g^'ve a fingle Vote, fuch Perfon hath no
Right to come aftprvard^ snd give his fecofid VoM
durii^ the (aid £Ie£)iot).
'■Dte. 14, 1699. Reft^ved, tftmitfi CentreSenlft
That no Peer of this Kingdom hath any Right to
^ve his Vote in the £lefiio|i of aqy Member to ferve
in Parliament.
* Revived Niv. 9, 17P3 ; ^ou, 22, 1708 { and
pveiT SelBon (vice.
A a 3 • M
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fj% APPENDIX,
* ffi. l3,,I7CCj 12 GW. Ilf. Refolved, iiimine
pi/itradicenU, That wheie the Houft (hall judge
I any Petition touching the Elections to' be frivolous
and vexatiou!', the Houfc will order Satisfadtion to
be made to the fcrfon petitioned ^gainft.
* RelolvcJ, Ntinint Contradic/Mtt, That iff ca(p
jtfliall appear any Perfon hath pn.icured himfelf to
, beeleflcJor retutiued as a Memlier of thisfjoure,
pr endeavoured fo to be, by bribery, .or .any oihef
fOrropt Praflices, this Houfe will proceed with the
uiipofl Severity againft fuch Perftjii.
. ' Revived^very Seflion fmce. '
^ Fib. 15, 170D, 3 (jk/, ni. R'cftilvtdi ■ A'i'/iwff/r
Contra^ctntfy That for any Peer of this Kingdom,
or any Lord-rLieuttnam of any County, to concern
thcmfelvesip the KktSion of Members tofervcfo|r
the Commons in Pailiament, is a high Infringement
pf the Liberties and Privileges of fhc Cotnmpns of
EngiarJ.
f Afteiwitii o( GrMl-Britahf Nav.ii, I7p8.
" "* Ftb. ai, 1700. Refolvcti, That if it fiiall ap-
pear that aoy Herfon haih tampered with afly Wit-
'tie'fs, in refpefl of thci/ Evidence to be given to tl^JS
Houfe, or any Cooimittce ihereof, or, diredly or in-
'dircflly, endeavoured tode.cror hinder any Perfon
trom. appearing, or giving. Evidence, ^e faaie i$
declared to be a high Ciime and Mifdemcahor, and
(his Houfe yill proceed with the utmoft Severity:
againft fuch pffendeis.
f Rcfolved", That if it (hall appear that aoy f pr-
fon' bath given falfe 'Evidence in any Caufe before
this I^oiife, or any Co mm ii tee thereof, this Houfe
tvill prnceed with the utmoft S<veriiy agi^inft fuch
■pffenders. - ' " ; ' ■ 'i:- '' . '
* Th<:fe Ofders revived every Sfflion.
'.Jan. 265 ijoj.Jl^r. /'>«nM«,ac'crfr'din_g(o Order,
■ repp|-tcd from the. Committee of the Whole Houfca Iq
'whom it wa6 r^eferred, toconfiderof ihe Report of the
jiumah of the Houfe of Loids, touching the'Cafe
. of ^fiii^ 'arid ff/iiit) and the Cafe b( Btrnatii/itm
' afid 'Sia'mc, the Refulutions Which they had directed
bin\ to report to the Houfe } ^hich h^ reatT'in his
" ' ■ '. """' fto,
c...,., Google
. APPENDIX 273
P5acc, and afterwards delivered in at the Clerk's
Table, where the fame were read, and are as fol-
Jow, Wz,
- ' * J. Refolded, That it is the Opinion of thit
Committee, That, accordingtuthelcnownLaws and
Ufagc of Parliament, it is the fote Right of the
' Commons of England, in Parliament aiTcmbled,
(except in Cafes otherwifc proviiied for by Aft of
ParMamenc] to e:famine alt Matters relating to the
Rights of Eleflionsof their own Members.
' 2, Refoived, That it is the Opinion of this
Commiitee, That, according to the known Laws
and Ufage of Parliament, neither the Qualilicatioa
of any ElbiSlor, or the Right of any Perfon elei5tcd,
is cognizable or determinable elfewhere than bdbro
the Houfe of Commons of England, in Parliament
^ alTembled, except in fiich Cafei as are cfpecially
provided for by A^ of Parliament.
* 3. Refoived, That it is the Opinion of this
Committee, That the examining and determining
the Qualification or Right of any Elector, or any
Perfbn eledled to ferve in Parliament in any Court
of Law, or etfewhere, than before the Commons of
Englandf in Parliament afTembled, (except in fuel)
Cafes as arc efpecially provided for by Aft of Par-
liament] will expofe all Mayors, Bailiffs, and other
pflicers, who are obliged to take the Poll and
make a Return thereupon, to a Multiplici^ of Ac-
tions, Vexatiops, Suits, and InfupportableExpences,
as will fubjefl them to dilFerent and independent
Jurifdiftions, and inconfifteat Determinations in (h^
feme Cafe without Relief.
' 4. Refoived, Tiiat 'A is the Opinion of thii
Committee, that Matthew Ajkby having, in Con-
tempt of the Jurtfdiftion of this Houfe, commenced
and profecuted an Aftion at Common Lawagainft
Jf^Uliam (Vhitt and others, the Conllables of ^yUf-
iuryy for nof receiving his Vote at an Eleftion of
Burgefles to ferve in Parliament for the faid 3orougl|i
of /iflf/iury, is guilcyof a Breach of the Privilege m
|his I^oiife.
. ' ^. j^folved, Tj^t it 13 the Opinion of this
Aaf Committee
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874 APPENDIX,
Committcei that whofever fliaU p^e^^me (o cgiq")
inence or profecute any Adion, Irdi^ment, or Irfi
formation, which ihall bring the Riglit of ttie Elcc^
tors, or Perfons eici^ci] to ri;rvc in parliatncnt, t<^
the Determination of anjr other JTurifdiSi^n ^ai^
that oF the Hou(e of Comrnons. (except i^ Cafes,
dpeciaDy provided for by A^ of Parliament) fuc^
Pcrfon or Peifons, and'aH'At^prnies, SpH^citors.
Counfellore, and Serjeants at Law, foUiciiin^, pro-
fecuting, or pleading in any fuch Cafe, m guiltjf of-
a high Breach of ihe Privilege of this Houfq.
* The faid Refolutiohs beitw' fev'erally rea^ a fc-
CondTTme, were, lipon the Quel^ion fevcrally. put
thereupon, agreed unto "by the Houfcl
* Orderetf, That the faid Rcfoluuons^be fined vpoi^
WtflminfifT HaUGates, figned by theCl?rk.
*Ftl>. i8, 1707. R.croIv|pd,/lrA That all Mattery
that Oiall come in Queftlon loiicliing Return's 91 £lcc-
tioni, fballbcbcardattbeBarofthcHoufe,
■ •Revived >?<*. 2^,1708. '
* Reftilvia, &«)d^,' "that all CJuefiions at tti^
Tri^ of Etc^ionj',' if any Member inlift upon it, btj
determined 6^ BallolL " ■'
* Vacated Nw. li, IJp?.
* Refolvei), ^birify^ Thai all petitiems ijrpp^ cyerjt
new Parliaih^nt, relating to ILtcfitions and Retu)iis,
i>e deli%>eted to the Ctcrb of the Houfej and be "by nin^
laid upon tKeTable'beiore the Speaker be choTen.
' Revived AWjai, 1708.
' Orderei), That the faid Refolutiotu be Standing
Orders' of the Houfc.' " " ' ' "'
< Mr. Speaker to fend the (i^d Refolutions tp tbe
Sherlfis of the feveral Counties of Grtat- Britain, to
beby them c'oiftmunicat^ to (he thief Officers of
the ievc^al Cities, Corporations, and Boroughs fend-
ing Members to Parliaiheht in' th^ir 'rcQ)ediv9
Counties. ""'" '' ' ■"■' " ""'' " '
* Nbv. 27, 1 708, 7 Aim^. Ordered, That all Per-
ibns that wiJt qucflion any EleSioh to 'be made upon
pew Wi-iti, doptefcnt ttieif Petitions within fourteen
Days afiler the Retuin fiiall be delivered to theCJcr^
' '■ ■ *0[dered«
A- p Pi E- N" ly n Jt. S7J
*f Ordered, That the Counrcl^ retained to be heard
f$ the B^r jij.Caufcs upon controverted Ele^iona, be
Failed' >n ai Eleveif o'ClocIc tbofe Mornings that arp
' fppotnc^d for fuch Hearings.
' Matnh-^, J708. Ordered, That fuch Perfons aa
Iball tiiiilk fit to renew their Petitions^ complaining
of undug 'Elections of Members to Terve in this pre-
fcnt Pailiament, do prefcnt the fam^ to the HouTe
d)e' next Seffion of Parliament] according to antient
Cuftom.
tiy^rt*, 16, 1709. Ordered, That it bean Inflnic-
l^on to the Committee^ that they do examine whe-
ther the Petition to them referred be the lame, and
figned by the fame Pq^Qei, as thofe prefentcd the laft
Seffion of Parliamenti,
' yan. 19, 1709. The Committee of Eledioiu
■having proceeded on That fpr Rtxhtraxgh, and not
being able to go through the fame, and- the Houfe
iiaving ordered That for ?£«/} to be heard To-morrow^
' ^efirfi the Diredion of the Houfe hw» the Commit-
tee fboiil^ pFpceed.
< Ordered, That the Committee do proceed in,
^nd go through, the Caufe touching the EtedioD for
^ the ^lire of RtMbtraugb^ befiu^ thcr enter upcHiaor
Caufe.
? "^"^^ 1,0, 1710, g vAw«. * KeTolved, That the
Petitioner be admitted to give parole Evidence of the
|tdJortg<^e oS a Mortgagee in Pofleffion of Lands, foe
jvhich the Mort^ec voted agalnft the Pctitioaert
vndiout pibduang the Mortgage Deed.
1 Relo|ved, l^t the Decree of 4 Baron Court be
admitted to be read as Evidence, tp prove the fltting
]fiileinber's Pofleffion'of ttfofe Lands for which he vo-
Jti^ .at the Elet^on for the Shire of ^jnr^i though
, U w^ not produced when the Objection was made
jfi his t!ofit£on, '
' . « AiarA g^ 1713- Mf. F^tmm, according to
Order, reported from the Coo^ittee, who were to
confiilcr of the A^ of the gth Year of her Majefty's
Reign, intituled, jtit JlSt far ftcuring th* Friidem
nf Parliamtnt, by the furtbir quaUfyt^g tbt Mtm-
itri ttfit in tbt amft '" . « - . ■
tfCattmant^ the Refolutions
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27fr . APPENDIX
thay had direanJ him to report to Ae Houfe, which
he rctsd in ftij Place, and aftcfwiards delivered in at
the Clerk's Table, where they were read, and are as
folli.w, viz.
' Refolded, FirA Tfiat it is the Opinion of this
Committee, That, notwithftanding the Oath taken
by any Candidate aC or after any Eleflioni hi«
Qualification may be afterwards examined into.
* Rcfoived, S^ctmiiyyThit it is the Opinieiiofthii
Committee, That the Pcrfon, whofe QLialification il
ejiptelslyobjeifted to in any Petition t elating to hi*
Eleiiion, ftiall (within fifteen Daysa&er the Petition
Is read) give to rttc Cterk of the Hftufe of Commons
« Paper Jigned by himfetf, containing a Rentnl, or
Particular, of the Lands, Tenements, or HerediU«
ments, whereby he makes out his Qualiikatton, c^
which any Peribn concerned may have a Copy.
' * Rcfoived, Thirdly, That it is the Opinion «rf
fhis CoBimiitee, That if a fitting Member ftiall thinfc
fit.io qiteDion the Qualification of a Petitioner, ha
fiiall ( within fifteen Days after the Petition ii read)
Jeave Notice theieof in ^^ riling with the^CIwt of
the Huulii of Commons ; andthe Petitioner ffiall,ill
fodj-Gafc, (within fifteen Daysafter fuA Notice)
/■ leave With the faid Clerk of the Houfe the like Ac-
count in Wriiir^, (5f bis Quilificattdn, is u lequi-
zed^on a fitting Meihber.
* The faid Rcfolutions being (enrally r^ad tftcanA
-Tune, weiTj apon the QpcftionB fevcrjHy put there-
Itjwn, agreed unte by the Hcufe.
■ • T4* fame ^reed toAbre&23, 1714, Mad*
^taadiig Orfch Ai. sr, 1716^ NfV. 21, 1717.
* March 18, 1727. Refblvcd, That in all Cafc»
cM^MMe Renrns, wterc theftmeftall becontro-
*M|C<^ nthtr at Alt Bar of the F^&, or m Ct»ib>
piittcei of Privileges and Ekaions, the CoUnffcl ftjt
^di Ptttftu) «6iy fluH be ibft tamed is A<ch doubly
Keiom, »p whofe double ReCnin ftprtl' be immedt-
^rfy aBmewsJ to the Writer Precept, fliall proceqt
ia the firft Place.
* Onder^ tpA declared, That tfie faid Order be 9
ptapding Order ef the ffoiA.
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'■May II, I7;{3. Refolded, That the Right of
Elcflion of a Prefb and Clerk, is in fuch Perfons as
ftand upon the Roll laft made up by the Freeholden
«c the Michtiilmat Head-Court, or at the laft Etec-
■ tion of aMembcrt ferve in Pjiliameht.
■' Fib. 6, 1734.. Refolved, That on the Petition
cf any Eieftor, or Etctitors, for any County, City,
DT Place, fending Members to Parliament, com-
plaining of an undue Ele^on and Return, arid al-
iedgii^ thatfomeoiherPerfon was duly el«3cd, and
ougitt have been returned ; the fitting Member fo
complained of may demand and examine into the
Quallficalion of fuch Perfon fo aljcdged to be duly
elected, in the fame Manner as if fuch Perfon bad
Jiimfelf petitioned, •
' Ordered, I'hat the faid Refolution be dedved
tp be a Standing Order uf the Hbufe. '
^ Jan. it-, 1735. Ordered, That the Counfel M
<he Bar of this Htmfc, or before the Committee of
"PrivUdges and £le<5tion], be reltrained from offering
Evidchcc, touching the Legaliiyof Votes for Mem-
Tjers to fervc in Parliament for any County, Shire,
City, Borough, Cmtjue Port, or Place, contrary to
(he laft Determination, of the Houfe of Commons^
nt^iich Determination, by an Ad pailedin the (econd
Yearbf his prcfem Majefty's Reign, intituled, An
"Jl£f fvrtbi mare ifftHual frtwnting Bribery and Cer-
ruptitn in ihi Eu&itn af M'nAirt ta ferve in Par-
. Betfitnt, is ^atje final toatl Intents and Purpofeswhat-
foever, any Ufagt; to the contrary notwithftandihg.
' Ordered, T^at the faid faid Order' be a Standing
Order of the Houfe.
■ ' Refdived, That in all Cafra of controverted Elec-
' '(Ions 'for Counties \n' Englanii and IP'altt^ to be
"jieard at the Bar of this Hbufe, or before theCom-
'piittce'of Privileges and Eledlions, the Petitioner)
'tfo by themfelvtrs, or hy their Agents, within a con-
venient Time to he appointed, cither by ihc Houfe,
■ pr the Committee of Privileges and Eleflions, as the
Matter to be heard (hati be btforc (be Houfe, or the
(aid Commi^ce, dpliver to the fiiiing Members, or
thcif Agcnte, Lift? qf the Perfons intended by the ■
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Petitioner to be objeded to> who voted fot the Attlng
Members, giving in the faid LiAs the feveral Heads
of Ubjeflions, and dlflinguifhing the fdine agaioft tho
Kames of the Voters excepted to; and that the Titling
Members do, by themfelves, or by their Agents,
within the fame Time, deliver the like LiHsj on
their. Part, to the Petitioners' Agents.
*/Vi. 16, 1735 Refolved, That the Counrel for
the Petitluners be admitted to give'parole Evidence,
as to Perfons being, no Freeholders at the Time of
the Ele^ioQ, who fwore tbemfelves then to be Free-
holders.
* March iy 1735. Refolved, That the Counfel for
the Petitioners be admitted to give Evidence to what
» Voter csnftlTed of his having no Freehuld, who, at
the Time of the Ele^ion, fwore be had.
* Dtc. 23, 1711. Refolved, That it appears to
this Houfe that a Body of arincd Soldiers, headed hj
Officers, did (on FrtJ^j the eighth Day of May laft)
come in a Military Manner and take Pofllflion of the
, Church Yartt of St. PauPt, Ctveil-Gardtn, near the
TIace where the Poli (for the ELe^on, of Citizen»
to ferve in this prefent Parliament for the City of
Wiftminfttr) was tiilen, before the faid Elet^icm was
ended.
* Eefolved, That the Prefence of a re£!:uUr Body
of armed Soldierst at an Eieflion of Members to
ferve in Parliament, is an high Infringement of th* ■
Liberties of the SubjeA, and maniieft Violation c^
the Freedom of Elections, and an open Defiance «C
the Laws and Conllitution of this Kingdom.
4Men fof luj- « fth, 2j, 1707. Mr. Benfan reported from th«
mining of controverted Eleftiont, and to whom it
was referred to confider of a proper Method for bal-
loting, iSe. feveral Refolutions, c/z.-
* Refolvedj That it is the Opinion of this Commit*
tee, Tlut a Bailo'tting- Box and Balls be prepared.
' Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com-
mittee, That two pjetlu attend the Balloting, ope
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tb deliver the Balls to the Member, and the other to
vury the Box.
* Refolved, That it is the Opinion of this Com-
mittee, That fuch Member prepare his Hand bare and
open to receive the Bait} and that he hold it up be-
tween hia Fingers before he puts his Hand into the
Box ( utd that the Box be imaiediatel}r brought to
the Table, and the Votes counted there by the Cleik,
in the Prcfpnce of the faid Members,
* Relblved, That it Is the Opinion of this Com-
mittee, That all Members fit in their PJaces till the
Votes are given, siid the Affirmative or Neptive
declared by the SpealCer.
* The faid Refolutioas being icverally read a k*
coiid Time, were, upon the Queftion fcverally put
thereupon, agreed unto by the Houle.
* Ordered, That the laid Refolutioas be Standing
Orders of the Houfe.
* Vacated, ^Order, Ntp. u, 1708.
* j^r//i8, 1604. ijac. Such Bills as came dowHordni tondtini
from the Lords,' and paiTed this Houfe, when theyBilltiapAnl. :
are lent up again are to be ptefcntcd Erft, before any
fltber Bills which had their firll Begirniing and PaT-
bgc in this Houfe; next the public Cafe, the piivate
Bflls of this Houfe.
* April 27, 1604. 1 y^. Agreed for a Rule, if
ai^ Doubt arife upon any Bill, the ^>eak:er is to ex-
elun, but not to fway the Houfe with any Argument
fit Oifpute.
* The Petition touching the Abufes of Purveyors,
broif bt in by Mr. Hart from the Committee in Par-
iiament, which wasagvnft Orders, and thereupon t
Jtule concrived, that no Petition, Bill, or other Thing
4o.be treated in Parliament, ought to be privately de-
liTercd into the Houle ready cngrolFcd, but in Paper;
and this Petition delivered in by Mr. liert QuU be no
Precedent for the Time to come.
, *JUeyiq, 16041 J y^c. Rule agreed. No double
■Qieftioas upon the paffing of a Bill, though fome-
times upon die cpmmitttng it is double, if the Voice
w Qyefiioo be not dear.
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aSo A P P E' N fi f X.
idaj 2 J, 1604. I "Joe. RcfoVed and cirdcrtdf
Thai, for this Time, all Queftions fliould ceaf*
touching thore Milters, with this Caution md Care,
procceJing from a tender Regard of the Privilege of
this Houfc, that it fhotild be prcfently regiftied as
the Judgment of the Houfe, that no Speaker fmrn
hcficefoith fliould dc.iver a Bill, whereof the Houfe
ftandcth polTcffcd, to any wbojufoever, without the
^ Allowance and Leave as aforefdid ^ but that he had »
or might either (hew it, or deliver 2 Copy of it, as
feemed meet unto him.
' An Order moved and agreed. That no Bill,
whereof ihe Houfe is dearly ptiffefTed, be delivered .■
to any before the Houfe has Notice, and give Leave.
* Admitted, That a Copy may be delivered, or
it may be (hewed, to his MajeAy.
» The Speaker reading the Title in hb Chair, a
Poffeffion,
*j'««4, 1604. Agreed for Rule, If two Hand
uptofpeak toa Bill, heagainftthe Bill (being known
by Demand, or otherwife) to be firft heard.
^June 24, 1604. r jac. Rule agreed. That ^S
a Bill be continued in Speech, from Day to Day,
one Man may not fpeak twice to the Matter of the
lame Bill.
' June 25, 1604. Upon Motion, fuch aa ^
againft the Bill went for^ of -the Houfe and brought
' in the Bill in their Hands, which is according toan-
tient Order ; and was now moved, and done once
in a Parliament for preferving Memory of the Ord«V
and fo exprefled by the Mover.
* Feb. 13, t6o6. The Remembrances (browfl^
fet down and read, being priv^ety delivered to Ae
Cleric by Sir Hnry Mmtagvt^ the \>*y of thfrlMe
Adjournment) were required by the Houfe to bcd^
livercd openly.
Ffi. 21, 1606. Upon this Report it w» hwoli
difputcd in the Houfe, whether it w«re fit to handle
the Point ofCoiwenicncy before the IVintof Law in
the Cafe of Naturalization tnGettera) were ittbt'
mined, and theOpinion was not te be-fit.
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A P P E N D I X. 281
*Ii was-delwered for a Rule, That nojudguienti
but upon a Bill ; Opinion, without a Bill.
*-Mar*b'^i 1606. Ordered, ufion Mr. Speaker's
Motion, That when they proceed to the Amenfl-
0ientof any Bill commitc^ unto them, theylhoiild
alfo amend the Brief annexed, and make it agree
with the Bill.
* May 5, ifeoy. The Counfet in the Bill tonch-'
ing the ^iiryia^a Court were ordered for hearing,"
and it was queftioned (as now the State of the Bill
was) whether the Counfel pm or contra (hould begin
firft : After Tome Difpute, affirmed by Mr. Speaker,
That, upon the Report againft the Bill, the Conn-
fel pre ought to be firft heard j yet upon the Que-
stion, and fome Circumftances opened, refoh^ed, ft '
jhould be now received aa JI*» irt/^rtf, and the Coun-
fel againft the Bill (according; to the known Rule)
" be firlt heard.
* Jpril ii, ■ l6ir. II Jac. Sir Edtuiit Sarufyt
moved. That no Bill may be read the fecond TiiAe*
until half an Hoi<r paft £ight, and the third Time
be paft Nine ©'Clock ; and it was ordered accord-
ingly.
* Fet. 7, 1620. 18 yec. No Bills to be put to^
pafs till part Nine of the Clock, and Notice to be
Ken a Day before that Bills iball be paOed the next.
yj and bodi ordered. ' '
'Mirth 12, i6ao. Refolved, That a BjlJ, and ,
other public Bills, may be (econdly read hj half an
Hour aftet Ei^t o'clock. - ' ■
* Alarcb 15, i620.0rdered,TTiat,*upon the com-
mitting of every Bill of Grace, the Clerk ftial! deliver;
to the Committee the Note of all his Books concern-
ing that BuHnefs, and theoldJOraughtofit, which
was laft Meeting in Parliament, if it be to be had. ■
* May 26, 1621. 19 Jae. A Provifo in Paper,'
admitted.foraRule, that not being In Parchment, it'
fhtght not be put to the Queftion.
*'Maj2%, i62t. An eflential Order, That the
Aiaendments he twice read.
' May 30, 1621. An eflential Order, AProvifo
ftom, die Lords to be read thrice, tho' the Bill come
from
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B8a A P f fi N fi t t.
from the Lower Hbufe } aod^ hj Vote of the Houlei
to fik as a Law.
« ATov. 19, i6at. ilef(Jved,fhiit*Keti.Rh^Bilf
it coiiiinitted c»k OiaU be named to take the Bill.
* Martb 26, i6z6i I Car, Mr. /Ai>«» iftnderttth a
I'roviro, engrofled in Parliament for the Gvj of Ekon-.
* Mr, Bankt having, upon the fecond Reading o£
^e Provifo, fpoken to it( and the Pfoidrq b«n^
thirdly read) he otfered to ftand up again and fpcak)
and was by dircn internipted^ becaulc he had fpoke
before I but*
< Refolvcd by the Houfc, Thati upoa t bcw Reid-
ibgi he may fpeak agaifli
' * fan. 20, 1627. 4 Con Ordcrcdi iTiati uport
tbc committing every public Bill, one of the Com-
mittee be fpeciall/ iuunc<l by the Houfe to tain Gar<
of the Bill.
* Dt£. 5, 1640. Orderedt That Mo Bills hav6
^ir fecood Reading but between' Nine and Twelve
o'Clockv
* 7)>^ 16, 164.2. A, Sill bWight hota the Lordaj
delivered by the Mcflengerswidiout reading the Titles
tvhich ought to have been done, at which the Houfc
took OfficDce { but, in r^rd of the peat-Bultnersj
^ Houfe took no more N6tice of it at this Time.
* May II, 1644. Refolvcd) Thatttis an napar-
liamentary Wtky to fend down Rfafons in another
Paper, to any Bill or Ordinance, at the firft Begin'
ning of fending down any Bill or Ordinance!
* At^iift 24* 1^44- P^dered) Thafwhatfoevei
Ordinance fhall be CMnmitied by this iloiife, (hall*
after the Return from the Comnutmeat^ be road thd
third Time before it pafi from thenca to be fent to
the Lords,
* May 2, 1651, Refolved, upon the Queftlonf
and the Paj-liament doth declare, That it ts the Or'
der of this Houfe, that no ASt ought to be prefent-
cd to this Houfe vrithout a Brief thereof to be giveii
to the Speaker i and that Mr, Speaker ought not to
open any Bill, nor command the fame to be read^
unlds a Brief dwreof be fitft delivetcd unto him i
U.e.l.zsd:..GOO^Ic
be
k f p t # y i '±, „ i^l
and that tbt tud Otiei lie froni henceforth duly ti6i
fcrvcd accordingly.
'jlpm^t I66j^' Ordered,' T'>*tthe^ftept>rtcr
irlio does j^K>rt |be Atncn&ti^ta to iaj Bill jjo*
i&ur the fvne are Sj^reed to by the Hoi^fe^ fee ih^
tbeflkne be duly entered iii the BiQ, |iuttbe.Bitima^
*■- ri Ady ingrofied; '
> OSti 16, iitSj. Ordpred, Tl»t,no ingroA'^ Bjll
ic braugMt 1ft to be reid m the dtm^ be ivamifMa
by. the CiiTimjan i^ tt^ Comminee, to whom it «u
ftfcnsdy ,atrf (he Clerk iff th<; Hoiife: ■. '
'Marcbs> i66q. OrdCrtrf, That aOBHfcfliall.rei
tftiveDilpatch-io Priority fchd Older of Tim* a* ihey
Were br(iu|^t tnj iXAd h^ve {teen depending.
*%/; li, 1641. ^lr. JI/ff*fwa7c)Mnfed9irtiarid*3iW»t*^^
iwjuaiirted this HonCei Thit (ha X6Vds did dclirej22E*Bau'3
^m to cortie up tb {he Pa&ng of the Bill of Toii;-!^^ a^ivl
iiage ah4 Poundage, by £oiivntfflon.' , , '
* Meflage to the Lotdt bySir Hmy FaiA • .;
* To acquaint the Lo^i,' That tois H^tife beii^
Ifarormed^ by the Bhck-RSd,.that tbeir iordAips
ticTired thl« Houfe to come tdl the Faffing bf the BiU
t>f Tonnage and Potlndtlge^ do dcfire (hat, jti regard
h is a free Gift of Ac Cotlim^ ot E^giand, ani
the Speaker of the Hqiife of Cbrtimoas. ought ui
brcfent the Jaine, thc^it L6rdfhi|>a i^iild be pieafeJ
to fend the Bill to this HouA;:
* Sif Henrj Vtuas Anfirtf of the M^ag« Xa M
Lords-:, ': . ■.■-,■
* ThaltfaeirLOnllhipifadtafiMtthtoCmifidera^
tioDfSuid wUlfcftd AnrwerbyMefTeng^^theirqWn;
*■ Mff. There n no Ehtry of any Aafwer fenti
jtbr Return of the Bi!I: But, „ ' * ■>!
*■ Auii (6, i64i. A MelTagft from ttie Loids by
Sit Robert' Rich uid Mr. Pagi: ^
^ Tfittdrds fcStthcm to give NptiCp, TTwfnOvr
JKe Commiffioff ts come for giving (be King's isfai
Afient to the Bill of Tonnage and Poundage^ wbeif
Itus Houfc fhaHbe ready to bring it up. ;.
* Aiifwcr returned by iftt fame Mcffengfe^'i TV'
ibh Houfe has taken into ConfiderauoD oeir Ltifd^
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iltipt MeflagCa and return this Anfver ; THat ibet
flial] be ready to bring up that Bill when iheir Lom-
ihlfi; flull.pleafe te fuid them Word, that they de-
' jfirc they would bring ft up.
* The Gentleman Ufher of the Lords' Houfe came
jind acqukinted the Hou{e, That the Lords are ready
togiveHisM^cfty'sRoyal AITcnt, by Commiifion, to
ih^ Bill of Tonnago-and Poundage; and delirc that
the Speaker* and this Houfe, w«idd bru^ up tbs
faidBill;
* Jan. z6, 1641. It wBsdicTared and acknowledge
cd.to ^ asainft the Fundathefital Ordenof the Houfe,
tot toy Member of the Houfe, without fpeclsl Order
ef at Houfe, to bring in a Bill gf Subfidy.
* March 26. 1642. The Bill of Subfidy being t*
... l).e,p.aired.by CommilEon, lefolved, upon the Qyc-
ftion, T^at the Houfe being deCrad by the Lords t9
. ^1 ' I be.picftnt at the paffing of the Bill of 46,ceoiL by
" 'CoinmliGon, that Mr. Speaker fiiould go up, and if
the Bill, be delivered to Mr. Speaker be^re the Com-
piiflion be read, that then he fliall have Leave to pre-
' fcnt it to be palTed j but if the Lords fhall not deliver
the Bill to Mr, Speaker's Huids accordingly, , that
th^n Ae Dial] immct^alcly retiirn.
* Mv. 2, 1643. Ordered, That no Ordinance
Ihall be brought jn but with a Brief unto it j and tha^
the l^afty that brines in an Ordinance fliall bring in
Uie Brief, and Mr.- Speaker open the Ordinance ; and
th^t no Member fluill. bring in any Ordinance, ts
charge the Subje'ift, or raife any Money upon tbt
Cofintry, without an Order precedent in the Houl^ to
direct the faid Charge \ and iliat Mr, Speaker do not
perthit any Ordinance to he read f^ithout fuch Brie^
nor ai'ier Twelve o'Clock, itnlefs it ihall be other-'
irife dire&ed by the Houfe.
* Nav. io, 1645. Ordered, That no Ordinance
Ik b[oi^t in to charge the Subje^, or to ^ve any
thing froin' theCoihmohweaith, without Ipccial Ol-
der of the Houle firft dire£titig the fame.
*A&y2S, 16+8. Rcfolved, That no Motion
)>e i|ude for railing of a<w Fotces or M«aica for
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APPENDIX. its
the faoi?,' biit between thcHouisW Tea and Twelve
o'clock. .
* Fth. i9, 1667. RefcJved, That iFonjr Motion
be mfide in the Houfe for any public Aid or Charge
Vpon the People, tbe Confide rati on and Debate iherer
of ought not prefendjr to be entered upon, but ai-
'journed till fiich [anhf r Day as the Houfe. Ihali rhnlc
fit to appoint ;' and then it ought to be referred. ,0 tb*
Commitit^ of tb^ whple Hotffe, and their Opinions
to be reported thereupon, before any Refolution, or
Vote of the Houfe, do pafs therein,
. * yf^il 2y i6-}t. The Houfe then proceeded to th«
Reading the Amendments and Claufes fent from the
Lords, tb the Bill fot an loipofition on foieigri Coin-
Biodities, which, were once read ; and the firll AmerKt-
ment fent from the Lords, being for changing the Pift?
portion of the Impofitiofis oti white ^ugars fronj id.
ftr Pound to an Half-penny Halt-far thing, waa read
a fecpnd Time, and debated.
* Refolved> Ntm. Ctn. That in 9II Aids given tq
the King, by the Commons, the Rtite or Tax o.ught
Dot to he altered by the Ixtrd^. .
* Nffv, 3, 1673, A Debate vriQng in the Houfe>
touching die antient Order and Cuurfe of the Houfe,
in the Method bf raifing Supplies, and coitccrning the
precedent^ of Uw lelTcf Sum, the Houfe, upon the
Queftion, did refolve and declare it an antient Order.
6f the Hoafe, .That when there comes a Queftioo be-
tween the greater and IcfTer Sum, or the longer or
fhorter Time, the lead Sum 2nd the l9ngeft I'ime
ought firil tp be put to the Queflion.
* July 3, 1678. Mr. Sollicitor-General reports
from the Committee to whom it was, amongft
lOlher Thiiigs, referred to prepare and draw. up a
State of the Rights of the Commons in granting of
^one/, . a. Vote agreed by the Committer, which
he read io bis Place, and ^lecwards delivered the
£ime ip at ihe Clerk's Table, where the fame was
read, and, upon the QiKflion, agreed^ and is as
follQ)*!:
. * ELelbInd, That all Aids and Supplies granted to
bis Mtj^Ja.I'MliaDVsnt are the .fvle Q(Ct of th^
^ , ■ B b a Com-
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lB6 APPENDIX..
.C^mtrioAs } **iA all Sills tcir gnafdfig Aicfa, if Mlf
Ittch, Aidsan(ISu[^licsought to begin with theCoitt*'
Aotu i Bfld tt is ^ uitdtiBt^ and folk ftigin Of the
CpottooiH to dii^, irwk, i^nd ^ipotM) in all Cutb
Bilb, thefiatts, FtupoftsyConfiderRtionB, CondklMtH
ibitalntiomtUid ^hlifisitiMs <tf fudlGMtta, wM<di
tidght notiolw tliaiiged, ot altered, ^ ibe Hoisk ot
' 'fA. 'i*t, ^(^93. fteTtJtveA, Tfatt M> Memlwr of
fkt: HMfeef Cdtnmdns ftallte coikenWd, dlr«{Uy
or indiredly, in the ftrniing, o6tleding\, or mhw-
gii^ dr the Ditties to Ik colleaed \tj tAis fiitl, or
Sinf Other Aid to be granted to-theif MijeAies, o^>a
ritWi^et^deatCotnatlffiohcreof tbeTrCirfilry, alt^
tt« Oficen and CctitofatflloiKn for nnnaging tte
Guftottis and Kneife.
< jDtf. II, 1706, f^Amm. KefotKd, Tlut tbn
Ifbure WiU receivo no Petitiom for anj Sum of Mo-
ney relating to public Slirvke, but ■max. 'is ftcoai<
Oreftdcdfiimi tbc Crdwh.
* Declared afitaudtngOinkr ^kw ii, 'Vfv%.
^Marchvjyijoj. JUlMvMl.That^sHouAifrill
ae* proceed topdn Mi; Ftttitron, Mocioh, or Bfll"^
grUttitig any MotWy, 'Or rtlatihg 10, br codipoiiNii
iflg, for any Sumof M<Mey'otvin| to d«Crc^^, bttt
in ft Committee of the wfiote Hotrfe; 4ttd a»x tfafe
bme be declare -a StandingOrdcf of UkHMfe.
' * Revived April 14, jj&j.—Pti. 7, 17061 in*
2fcv. 19, 17^10.
■ Fti. 24, 1707. Kefo]#cd, Thot no public^M*.
ney be granted by Debentures, or otbetwJfc, but hf^
Conimictce of Supply.
* Refolvcd, TTiai-no Difpofition of the^ublk Mo-
ney be made, or private Bill elating to the fux FOtf,*
'tut on a Day to be appointed for that Purpotc.
* Jjprii 22j lyih 13 Anna, 'Rerdved, Ttiat tAb
Houtc will not receive any Ptttci(»i fot compounding
&r iuij Sum of Money owing to the OoWn, upon
any Branch of the Revenue, without a CeKificate
^om the proper Officer, or Officers, anoexed to th«
fvid Pc^tion, ftating thie Debt } what Profecutions
bare-teei) mitdc for the &MOK17 of Suiek Dcl^, md
fetting
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k p r n N tx I X. i*f
t^M.% ferth liow nach tlie ?riiuonfft m.& hia Suf»>
tin are kUe ts htafy thereof. Mad« a Standing
Qxiti March %^y 1715.
'MarAf, j;a5. ReTolvedt, That thii HouTt
will Kccin no more Petitions lor enabling hb Ma-
jefty to ftll the Rcvcrfien of Crown X<andi, *
« Juhf 26, 1641. Ordered, That no public ffil)©*™ tfloefcint
ftall paft biit between Nine and Twelve o'Clock j J^ j^^
and diat if any Man {hall move the Members of the Biili, Wb. PtMr,
Houfe contrary to that, he <Lall incur the CcBfurc of7n<ic> Hish-
AeHoufe. hA^"
< Marth 7, 1699. Qcdered and declared. That
all Bills rdatJDg to the Poor be deemed and taken to
be public KUi, and pah without Feet for the &Jn^
The fame Ftb. 25, 1 700.
*Mif. 9, 1703. Rcfolved, That no Bill relating to
Tntde,ortiie Alteration of Law concerning Trade, be
brought into the Houfc until the PropoTition OtaHhave
been firft examined and debated in the Grand Coai-
niuee for Trade, and agreed unro by the Houfe.
* AUrcb 17, 1716. Refolved, That no Bill fee
erdeced to be brought in wi uny [^ttition for repairing
and amending any Highway, or for making or
deanltng any Poit or Harbour, at for malting -any
River navigable, or fur any other Work propofed to
^ carried on, by Tolls or Duties to be levied on dtp
Subje^, in particular Places, till fuch Petition has
fieen reported, and referred to a Committee, and tb^
have examined the Matter thereof, and reported ^k '
Tame to the Houfe.
* ^rfi. 28, 1734. Ordered, //«». Cw. Tliat the
Ciid ReTalutktt m a Standing Order of the Hgufe.
* Dtc t], 1644. Ordered, That no private Or-Orden mEbiai
finance do pals this Houfe, or be tranfmttted to the^^^ '^^
Iiords, ipitil the Partiet that are concerned therein Ei2^
do firft pay fijcfa Fees for the fame unto Mr. Speal^,
<1k Clo*!^ Serjeant, and otbcra belonging to ibe
fud Houic, at haih ufually been paid upon the paf-
fiog of private ^illt ; and all Members ttiat, fron*
Q b J aqjr
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any .CotnmttteCt or otberwiTe, do prefent'any OtV
dinancc, wherein the Advanti^e or Benefit of anf.
private PciCon is concerned, arc de^ed to take Ni>i
tice of this Order, ywi to acquaint the Perfons that
are, or ihall be, concerned herewith % and to ap<
point them firll to pay ^uch antient and accuttomcd
Fees, as aforeraid, to Mr. Speaker, the Cleric, and
Other the Officers of the faid Houfc.
. < Du. 7, ,666. Refolved, That private Bills and
Bufinefs be proceeded in daily, till Nine o'Clock, m
fuch Urder as thc.HouIc fball think fit ; and that the
Debate of fuch uf them, as {hall not be difpatcfaed aC
the Hour ofNine, ihall be _adJDuri\ed till ihenextDay.
* Aiartb 26, 1678- Ordered, That in all private
Bills, for the ^turc, a Claufe be inferred* That the
T[uftcc3 therein Dimmed Qiall be obliged to fee the
Trulls 'in the faid Bill petfprmcd, 01; be liable- to
the fame out of their own EHatet.
; * M'-y itf 1685. Ordered, That, for the future,
DO private Um be brought into this Htwfe, but upoif
a Petition firll prcfented, truly Hating the Cafe, «t
■Ac Peril of tht Patties preferring the fame i and
■:iit.t fuch Petitions Ihall be fign^ fay the Pariict
who are Sureties for fuch Bill
* Made a Standing Order, Nev. 24, 1699.
* Ntv. i^, 1689. A Debate arifing' touclnng the
Manner how Petitions ought to be ftgned, ref<cJvedj
.That all Petitions prcfented to the Houfe ought tb
be ligited by the Petitioner!, with their own Hands,
by their Names or Marks.
* May 6, 1690. Ordered, That no ingrofied Bill
be brought to tbe Table to be read ihe thiid I'ime,
but by the Chairman of tbe Committee to whom
that Bill was committed, after he haib examined the
fcmo.
* May i^, 1&90. Ordered, That when any Bill
lbali.be brought into this Boufe, for confirm ii>g- Let.-
Kit Patent, there be a true Copy of fuch Letters Pa-
-tent annexed to the Bill ; and that (his be declared 1
Standing Order of this Houfe for the future.
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' * ifjv. 24, 1691. Otiaed, That ho private Bill
be proceeded upon sfter Ten o'Clock.
* Revived />^, 4, 1^92. — Enlarged untill Eleven
o'clock, Fft. 16, 1693. — NiV- 24, 1699.
* Du. 10, 1692. Ordered, Tbu eveiy Member^
prefenting any Bill or Pccition to this Houfe, do go
from his Place down to the Bar of the Houfe, and
bring the fame up from thence to the Table.
* Jan, it, 1695. Ordered, ThjK every private Bill
bavc a Day appointed for reading thereof before the
fame be read.
* Jan^ 15, i697> Ordered, Tliat, upon the firft
Reading of every private Bill, a Time be appointed
for a lecond Reading.
- * Afril6, 1698. Ordered, That no private Bill
be read the third Time before Eleven o'Clock.
* March 31, 1698. Ordered, That the Chairman
•F the Comhiittee, upon the Report of every private .
Bill, do acquaint the Houfe, That the Allcgjitiong
ef the Bill have been examined; and that the Parties
concerned have given their Confents to the Satisfac-
tion of the Committee; and that the fame be a Standr
ing Order of the Houfe.
» Revived Ftb 15, 1700. — Jan. 18, 1708.
« Ordered, That toere be three Days between thf
feveral Readings of all private Bills. Made a Stand- -
ing Order Fib. 15, I700. — Jan. 18. 170?.
* Ordered, That the Chairman of the Committee,
4ot any private Bill, do not fit thereupon, without a
Week's Notice thereof fet up in the i.obby. De- . ■
clared a Standing Order ftb.' 15, 1700. — Jan. 18,
1708.
■ ^Jan. 15, 1705. Ordered, That all Perfons con-
cerned in ffitereft in private Bills, in cafe they are
able, do perfonally attend the Committee to give
their Confents ; ami if they are not able perfonally if>
attend, that they give Certificates of their Confents,
to be proved by one or more WitneOes before the
Committee.
* Nav. 12, 1705- Ordered, That all private Bills
^FOtight ijtb> thil Houfe be printed, and that they b;
§ b 4 prhited
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APPENDIX.
Kinted after thnr are prereiUed to the HquHj* aa4
fore the iirft Reading.
Xjoq. Mjade a Standing Order vl/^nci 5, 1711. ' '
■ • iW.'e, 1707. RefolWd, That all Perfons, in- .
^nding to apply themfdves' to the Parliameiit tX
Gr^at-Briiah for obtaining [ffivale "Billi relattng t*
Eftates in InhnJ^ do, from heoCefbrth, giv^ pub-
lic Notitfe of their faid Intention, by affixing printed
Papers, feuiog forth their Pretcnfi^R tn each b£ ibi
four Couru of Juftice in DuhliMy durijig the vbo^
Term wiikh iUall precede tho Seffion of Pariia^
|nent, as alfo in die Chief Town wherein the Affl-
S«s are ufualty Icept in each County where tb« Londt
iball happen to lie, Jbr one Month at Icaft before the
Bill he brought in.
' ' Rciblved, That there be thirty P<qrs, at letft,
between the firft i^d lecond Reading of every Ariil
■ private Bill.
* Relblvcd, T)ut the £)id PrderB be dedaral t*
be Standing Orders of the Hoiife. '
' Martb 5, lyaa. Ordpred^ Tliat no {ffivW BtQ
be read before printed Copies cbereof bc delivned td
the Memben of the Hai^fa.'
* Ordered, That the laid Ord«r be ft SottdiRS
Order of the Houfr. ' ^ ^
pnkft icbtint * Jpril j2, t^CH- > ?"<'? Upon Moti<M Slide
t4 pqwiiiteei. touching the flow Proceedings iad DirpMCb'ttf fiidh
Bflls and dufineft as were depending in the Ibufe^
which grew, as was faid, by the Non^AtttAdance
of fufficicnt Numbers at Comirtittees, it was oidir>
ed, Tbac e%ht of any Committeci that de afianUe,
.miffht proceed to a Refolution in any Bufin^ in the
f jHey 24, 1604. it being propofed to the Hovfib
Whether any of the CommiffoBen in the Matter
1^ the Treaty cpncerntng the Weal of both Kjn^
doms (fubrcnbing the Writings or fnftnisients in ibe
A^ mentioned) may, without Inpuutioo or Prqu>
dice, in Credit or Confcii;nce, have tbel.^ef^ aad
iPrecdo^ of Voice in Pj^ili^ment, notwithftzndiog
V- '■■-' ■ ■ ■ - •-'■■'■ the
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A B P B N D I X. S91
Ae bid Subfcripdon, the Honfc tAminpaa refstvtd,
Tbst OD Man it) or oueht to be, omcliided in hn
ppiaioo by any £jch Subftription i but, « In otT*
ci otber Cammitiees, htA, And may have, faia Li-
berty in the Hoafe to alTetit or difitnt, as he AaU (••
tuft Caufe, the next S^on of Parliament.
■ * Ffb. 1 1, 1606. Ordered, That die Adjoum-
nent of any Committee amongft tbemfelvei fliouM
k* puUilhed the next Day in the Hourc.
* JUmxbjy 1606. Mr. Htdiiy, being affigned mth ^
dw reft for the Point of Afitirance, excufeth faimrdf,
to ' that he wai diredly ^nft the Matter itfelf in
Q^pinion tbereupMk
' ^Conceived lor a Rule, Hiat no Man w» to be
cinpl(n>ed that had declared himfelf agunft it.
' < April 18, 1614. Moved, TiMt the Cterk may
Cm Hpoa the Houfe Door, that Morning, tbe Ordera
Car Cbmnutteo to fit di>t Day ; and ordered.
* April 19, i6i(, 19 Jvc. Ordered, That no
Patitton be recnved, but openly at die Committal
ftnd to be opmly read at the Committee before the
Pu^ go that prcferreth if, and tke Party's Name
that fi> prefierreth it.
' ■ The appointing of the CbHr, at the Committer
referred o die Dire^on of the Committee.
«'Jl|ry II, 1621. ilefolved, by theHoafe, That,
mtiKti limited, all that will come IhaK hive Vmcet
that they; in dnt Ca(e, if they eontc, are Commit-
tees u well as ihoTe nominated.
■•jMIb/I, 1624, aajiif. Ordered, Tltat no Con-
' inittee fliall fit after Eight o'Clock, Sittii^ (he Honle,
without fptdal Order.
' 4prti 35, 1627, 4 Car, Refdred, upon thp
QoelHon, Thstj upon the Meetings of any Com-
tttttcA, thole that are CoinmrttMs iball hare Racs
eiveo them, that they may the better difeharge the
Service oommihed to their Tnift.
* y**- 30» i6'7» 4 *-"*- Ordered, upM tffe
Qieftion, . That no Man go oot t^ the Moule, dl^-
nng the Sitting of the Grand Cbmmittce, without
I^nce of tbe Committee, upon Pain of Cenfure of
theHoofe^ Tbe bipe Order /(i. igandzo^ 1627.
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«9« A P P E N D I X.
, * Niv. 9, 1640. Moved, TJut vrtiy Man thit
nvnts any Man for a Commktee fiult ftand up, and*
being uncovered, name Ac Party.
* i^tv. 10, 164a. It wai declared, That, at the
liaminf of aCoaMnittee, ifany Man rife up to (pea);
the Cluk pyght rtot to write.
. 'Jfrilii, 1641. Ordered, 'niBt the Doors fluU
tic locked at the Commiltee, and the Keys brought
up ; and that no Man flull go out without I^eave cf
the Committee.
* Junt 38, 1641. ^. A/, Declared, That To fbon
as the Houfe fits, and ^e Serjeant comet to mj
Committee then fitting, to fignify unto them tt»t the,
Houfe is fitting, th^ ^e Qbairoun (hall immediate^
ly came away.
* July 18, 1641. P. A/. The Petition of Tha-
pbilui Man read, touching the Refolution of the Com-
mittee where Mr. King hath, the Chair, and Agned
by him ; whereby Mr, JUan ip yoted not to take any
Fees (by virtt^ of-hia O^&cc as Scivcbci) till fiutfaec
Order.
f Declared by the HouGe, That t» Cemmttlte
ought, by Vote, to determine the Right and Pro*
Srt^ of the S^jed, without l^rft «cquainiiiig the
oule therewith.
* Jug^bi 1641. P.M- Refblvcd, upon tbe'Que-.
ftion, That no Vote paQed at a Comgiittee of tbb
Houfe, and not reported nor confirmed by the Houfe,
ihall be any Rule or Diredion, in any CouK of Ju&
tice is ff^mnjitr Hall, to ground ^ny Proceed-
ings upon. ,
* 0£i. 17, 1641. Ordered, That no Committee
whatfoever fball be revived to fit without a new Or-
der from the Houfe, made after Eleven o'Clock; and
that no Partiea, or Wtinelles, fluU attend without
' new Summons.
< Jfrii 30, 1642. Ordered, That the fevwalChaic-
mtn of the feveral Committees \ft rfqviitd 10 f>t up
Notes at the Door, of the Times and P^es -when- tbfr
(cveral Committees do meet.
< Fib. 1%, 164.8. OrderedjThitnoCommiUXcof
the Houfe do fit in the MoroincJiftcr J^inco'Clock-i
. 4. and
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A' p' p' EN D' r' x; «9f
wni tbe'Houfe to br enjoined' bi men cvay Dty x^
Nine in the Morning.
* Dk. 20, 1650. Refblved, That fccfa Commit-
tees of the Houfe (who {hall have OccaTion to raft
any other PcKbns 10 attend them upon any Bill, or
other BuTinefs, to theAi referred) do, from henco*'
forth, torbedr to fit in any of the Rooms within the
DoOFs of tht Parliamcnt-Houre, called the SpcalcerV
Chamber ; hut that tbey fit in fach other Place as
they {faallthi.ik fit.
' Mij I, 1651. Refolved, That every Order that
frail .be made byanyCommittce of Parliament flisll,
from henceforih, be fiened by lb many, at the leaft,
of' the Members of ihat C mipittee, asareofthe-
^erwk of chat Committee.
' Jan. 11, 1657. Ordered, That the Names pf
the feveral Committees be fee up, without at the
Doqr ot this Houfoi by the Clert of this Houfe, To-
morrow Morning.
* Jtfayit, 1660. Ordered, That the Standing
Commicteet of this Houfe be poflcd lip at the Door
of this Houfe, tlfat Perfons may take Nocice where
they fit,
* Maji 14, i66[. The Bill for fecuring the King's
Perfon committed.
' Refbtvei}, upon the QueAion, Tlut no Member
pf this Houfe, who is not of this Committee, ii to
have any Vote thereat.
* May 24, 1661. A Bill for draining die Fens
committed,
* Rcfolved, That no Member within the fix Coun-
ties, (into which the great Level of the Pens doth ex-
tend) nor any ot)ier Members of this Houfe, who
«re Undertakers, or concerned, in Point of Intereft,
as Adventurers fir Uodcftakers herein, though par-"
ticularty named, do fit, or have any Vote at thi
Committee to whom the two Bills concerning 'the
treat Level of the Fen* were, upon the feconcl
heading, this Da/ cammttted. This Order rc£4i-
BedMayzS, 1661.
* Ordered, That all theJMembers of the fixCotin- -
tin, and all other Members of that,'faving fuch as
a^t A P P E N Ij I X.
Are concerned, in pditkiilv latwefli* as Ownei, Vn-^
dcrtakers, or Adventurers, are to have Vwce xt tbe
laid Cotnnuttee. The fame Order extended Nt-
* Ordered, That no Members of die fiod CotB-
mittee, that are Owners, Undutakersi or Adventu' •
rcis, or otherwife ccMicerned, in Pcaat of Intercft* ia
tbe Fens in Qiieition, fliall have any Vote thereat.
* A&r ao« 1663. Ordered, That it be declared
, to be the andcnt Order and Courle of the Houlo*
That wben any Bill be committed, no private Mem-
ber ought to Uke it vmjr} but th* Clerk of iba
Houfc, or bis DeputT', is to attend with tbe Bill*
and Order, at the Time and Place appobtcd for
the firft Meeting of the CommitliKt aad deliver die
fiune in at tbe Conunitte« after tlie Cbairnun it
cbofen.
* March i^, 16%^ Mr. AiEgr* Chairman of the
particular Committee for the Grievance*, acquaintt
the Houle, That there have feveral Matters af^ated
to the Committee, relating to Ibme Peribos, Mem*
^xa of this Houfc ; soU that therefore he was div
reded, by the Committee, to take the DircOiena of
(be Houle what vrai fit to be done therein, and a De-
bate arofe thereupcm.
* Rdblved, That if my Member of the Houfe re-
fiifes (upon being feat to) to come to give Evidence
/ or Information, as a Witnds to a Comraittee,
That tbe Committee ou^t to an«abt the Houfe
tiierewith, and not fummon fuchMcmben tocttenl
the Committee.
* Refolved, That if an; ^formation come before
^ any Committee, that chargeth any Member of die
Houfe, the Committee ought only to dired, That the
Houfe be acquainted mth tbe Matter of fudi Infor-
mation, without proceeding fiirther thereupon.
* Martb 13, 1693. Refidved and declared. That
it is the conlUnt Rule and Order of ibe Houfe, That
no Committee ought to &t, after the Hour to which
(be Houle is adjoiinied, without the fpecial Order of
tiie Houle.
f Revived A^d 6> 1695.
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* Ntv. 1^ 1694. OticKSf That no CommittM
. St, in a Monaag, widuut fptcial Leave of tfat
Houfe.
* Revived Airxffr^ 9, 1697; aadMMniirs^t
*Afarch1Sf 1694. Ordered and declared. That >
Motien for adjoutning of CwnmittMa may be rani*
ifter One o'clock.
« /Vi. 18, 1697. Ordered, Tliat no CoaimittN»
Wlio iOtdU have Lmvc to fit in a Moriui^ do fit'af-
ler Ten o'Cloct.
* Revived Mtnb u 1698.
* April ic^y i'699. Ordered, That no ConmlMe
do meet, at any Time, liotil tK^Houn itfter the
RHing of (he Houfe.
* Nso. 14, 1^199. Ordered, That ^Chairman
dfttie Committee, upon die Report of every privat*
Bill, do acquaiitt the Houfe, Whrther the AH^a-
tions of the Bill have been examined, and tht Pw>
ties concerned have given tiieir CoitfeaCi to- the Sa-
li^aSton of the Committee. **
< Ordered, That the Chairman (tf die Cbmmittee
for any private BHl do not fit tbereupcai, widxwta
Week's Notice thereof fet up in the Ixt^. D«-
dared to be Standing Orders Fii. 16, I7«0} and
.Jan. 18, 1708.
*7iiR. 18, 1698, A ComplalntltffinglKeninade
(o tne Houfe, T'bat there have been, of late, «e«t
Numbers of Strangers at the Committee of PnvdcgW
and'EleAioru, thatthcMembers cannot, (it. order*-
ed, T^t the Serjeant at Arms, mttniding this Houfe*
do give Orders to the Door-JKepeu, hnd Mclflen*
gers of the Houfe, conltantly to attend the Committee
ef PrivHeges ind Elle£lions, arid other Com nutttei
fitting in the Houfe ; and take Care that 00 Ftribll
do croud, or fit upon the Seats of (he Houfe, eitiher
below or above in .he G^lery, where die Mcmbcffl
ought to fit ; and that fuch Witsell'es as Ihall be ex*
amicied at the faid CommiKee do attend in ^ £Ab>
by, and be called in one by «ne, and feveratty exa-
mined, and then withdraw for ochera to comt 4n -aol
a ' b«
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39^
A. P; R: B N D I Xi
Ik taivniitej; uid tiuA the P^^ be kept clear for
thuFurpoTe. , ,
* Revived, and made a Standing Order bf the
**?««. 29, 1699. Ordered, That the Order toiidi-
ingComOiittfBS being adje.arfied, at the Rifmg of tlie
Hpufe, do extend only to fut^ Committees as are td
fit in the Afternoons of the Days ypoli Which Com-
piilteeifliall be.a<^i}tir;ied. .- ; ,
- » i/i. z8, t69^> Ordered,. TTiat all- Co(nniitteta
who flull flt in a Morning do rife, when th^ Houfii
fits ; or, in Default thereof, that what they fhall do
'll?vivfd.i^.,;3,. 17.01. . .
* Mareh ii, 1700. Refolvedj TnatincaTc (updn ,
the Days the Gotnmittee of Privilege and £leai«iu
is to fit] there fln}l be a Debate in the Houle, which
holds till Four o'CLock^ tbt) faid DebaJe. fliaU be
iben adjourned till a further Day. , . ,
-. * Ntv. 28, 1707. Ordered, That.no ComrmttCB
do meet, or fit, in a Morning, a^cr Prayers j and
that all that (hall be done at any,Mecting or Sitting
of any Committee, after that Tiine, be void ; and
that Mr. Speaker dovfrom Time to Time, act]uaint
thjeHoufe with fu.chCaininiltee£ as {hail not,obfeive
this Order.
'frfi JO, I73t)t ;,Diidertd, .That tf»e Serjeant at
Arms, attending this Houfe, do, from Time toTimcj
when the Htiiife is gbitig to Prayers, give Notice
thereof to all th^ Committtes j and that all Proceed-
ings of Committees, in a Morning, ^fter fuch No*
tke be declared) bc-nidl and void.
f * March l6t 1 ^041 1 jac. Noted, as aa antient
Rule of the Houfe, Thatj upon any Conference, the
Number of the Cominons named for the faid Con-
ference are always double vo thole of the Loids ; and
the Place of Meeting appointed by the Lords.
* A^il z, 1604. Two Queftions atHing, vix,
Firfl, Whether the Houfe were refolvcd in the
Matter i
..f.oogic
* SninJly^ Whether they fliould- ctmfer trith :die
Judges ? . ,
* And the Houfe being at length induced to ento'-
tiin the latter Quetlion, it was carried, by gcDeral
Voice, in the Negative, No Con&rchce.
* Upon this PdTiige it was urged for a Kule, That
i Q^ctiioh being once madci and carried in the Af-
nrhiative, or Negative, cannpt be tiucmoned again i
)iut tnuft llahd as a Judgment of the Houfe. .
'■March i5j 1626, 18 /<re. Relblvedj That. in
prefcribing of 'Cpaferences between both H<{u|e# '
.moving froth the LordB, they have done it verballjF
upon the Lords Report, entered into their Journal-
Book i yet now order for the Houfe to affijrd the
Lords the ExpJte about the BufineTs, bccaufe it con-
lifts of fo .many Heads \ but Sir Edward Coii to
inove the Lords ibis may not heteaTtcr be taken {tit
Ptectdent. \ FiJe the Rcpon (a).
* May 12, 1627, 4 Car. Ordered, That all the
Gentlemen give Room to the Reporters.
* jfug, 3, 16+j. Ordered, That Sir Jihn Emfyx,
Mr. Streudt, and Mr. Nicbehj are to go and Ul^
ihe Names of fuch Members as do now ftay bcbiild
!n the I^aihced Chamber ; and likewife it is ordered^
That fuch of the Mnhbers, whole Names are re-
turned by them, fball pajr Five Shillings a^piece; and
that the Clerk (hall demand the Fiyc Shillings of tb*
laid Gen tlcn^en accordingly.
. * Feb. 26, 1 643. Ordered, That Sir 7£iwuirawjE<
do dcfirc the Earl at Siamferd to forbear coming to
the Committees of this Houfe, it being contrary to
the Privilege of the Houfe.
* The Lrfirds' Order^ Ftb, 21, 164.7, Dedatii^
the Right of every Peer to come to any Committee
of both or either Hoiife, ahd in particular to the
Committee of both Kingdoms, being read, and Con-
ference delired of the Lords thereon } a Declare
tion was ordered to be offered, whereby they may
ixprefs the Refentmcnt the Houfc has of the Pro*
ccedings of the Lords herein.
* jfug.
'fa) T be tho<n it UBintcIIigikle, but it Itnatf iffttMt to tht
Copy t >M ihe Editor wmU oat f lefntnS to ttfinic the Senfe ftoM
wt/ Conjcjiuni of hi) owiia
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tgi A P f E K B ! «.
* A;. 35, 1660. €>Tdei«d, That the Seijeant «!
Arau, ftttending this Houfe} fiiffer none to go pirf
of tbe HouTe till diofe that art to maOagt! Ale Con^
ferenori afe gone forth.
* Jug. i, 1661. Tbe Lords deflre s prefeM CbM>
Iference, b;^ a CoAMitiee of both'Houfes, prefbuiy
In the Paiated Chamber, if it mxf ftaild with di<
Conwrnenqr of this Hotifet
* Anf^r returned hj die raine.Mefletu;en^ Thai
this Houfe has r&ea theirLordfhyn Huffige into
Cqiifide^ation 1 and vill retuijt aa Anfwer hy Mef"
len"^er».of their oWik
*Mr.i'j''"'^'"catuptod)eXords'with diisMefl
rxgej Whereas this Houfe has received a Mcflag|&
from thdr Lordlhip6« for a prefent Coof^rencci
«athont any ExpidEon of die StiJ^efi or Matter of
the Conference, triiich is ctuitrarf to tiie conftaot
Courfc of either Hotife, and therefore this Houf<f
cannot yield to a prefent Conference.
' Fti. 6, l688- IIk Houfe hclng iufbrtned, t)iat
Acre was f« great a Croud in tht Painted Chamb^^
that the iAertibaa, appointed to maiAge the ftee
Coirference ccniid not come to the Bar, ordered^ ,
T%3t the Seijeant at Anns, attending dils Houl^ -
do go inimedixtely (witiiout the Miwe) to th<!
Fainted Chantfaer, .and require the prelent Returo^
to-tbb Houfe, of all tbe Members diereof v^ artf
in the Painted Chamber, (except Seijeatit A£efnsrdi
fir Rtttrt HevMtrd, vxi tAi. Ptl^fMi who arew
prsfent latne} in ofder to the Koq^b's being tUtfttfi
ef Strangers.
* The. Houfe beti^ infonneil, by the Serjeant at' .
Arms, That he had Rquainted tbe Members witj|
the Ot^ of tbe Houfe, and diat very few of tbenl
teok Notice of die Dircdloo <^ the Hoiifej ordered/
That tbe Clerk of tiuf Houfe do go imMediady witb
Ae Signet, and take tbe Names,' in Wrbiflg^ t^ fudr
Members as flull refidk to obey fttch dw I^tediaa c<
d« Houfe.
*Jan. 16, 170Z. Ordered, Tbat no MenAcfsdS' '
|)refuffle to fbnd within the Bar at the T^ile m.
^ P»fited Ghvabery bat fixii » ve apfxiiateil
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APPENDIX. »9J
Mani^n, and tbe Serjeant to fumiqon tfae Mem*
bers to attend the Houfe!
Ordered, rhat no Members do prefume to go
out of the Hnufet till die Managers arc gone out
for the free Conference^ and until Mr, Speaker da
leave the Chair.
* May 5, ii^o*. Agreed for a Rule, That 'f w??!^ ^"^'^
differ from the Defire uf the Lord* propounded by t" r^^^,
their Meflcogers, then we are to fend by our Mef-LMdi.
fengers.
^■Fth. 14, i6o6i On a Mcflage from the Lords,
it was conceived as a Rule, when we yield to them,
we might ftrnd Anfwtr by fuch Mellengers as come
front the Lurds j if not, then to fend by our own. -
' Maj II, 1610. Great Debate touch ng the
Speatrer'i bring ng McfTages from ibe King;
. ' Whereupon refolvcd, That this Manner of re-
ceiving a Mediige from the whole Body of the
Council by Mr. Speaker, Ihould be no Precedent
hereafter.
* The Order albwed to be entered, May 12,
l6io.
* Feb. 15, 1620, 18 Jac. When the Mcflengers
deliver the MelTage, none ought to fpeak to them,
. to fpeak out Agreed 10 be the Courfe of the Houfe,
not to fpeak ti» them ; for Mr. Speaker is to relit* it
to the Houfc.
* Aiareh 10, 1610, \i Jac. A MiITage from the
King by Mr. Attorney- General, i^c.
* Refolved, That Mr. A corney- General fiioulct
come up to the Table, and Mr. Speaker and dte
whole Houfe to be bare whilft tbe Mti&ge was de-
livered.
f r^rt'i 10, 1641. Notice being given of a Mcf-
lage from the lyords, it was ordered, lliat all the
Members keep their Seats, and go not out Without
Leave.
, * Nor fpeak to the Mcffengers, May 3, 1641..
* Nor fpeak to the Meffengeis conuiJg in, or go*
ingout, Jan. a?, 1641.
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joa APPENDIX,
* jfr^3i, 1641. AM^^ftOtttbtLMds, by
Dr. Btmtt alone,
* Exceptioti bditg aAxn^ Thtte the Lords ftnt but
one Meffinger, tt vKU dcslaredv That it was tbe
antiem Rigfaf of- tbia Heufe Cfr-tiavtf (W MdTcngert
frat from the Lords, to this Houfe, upm- aR Otca'
fiona i however, at this Time, the Houfe was wil-
ling to pafo it over.
t... *^<722, 1645. Ordered; ThKafie^NdticelhsII
be given to. Mr. SpealMf «F xttf MiShfifi fredi Ae
■^ Lords,, that no new Motion of any Bufincfs- Whilt--
faeverflnril inteiVenc ; but that^ the SfefiiMgers Ih'alt
briprefentiyMfiiritteddAb'thatthsSiiftnels, then' in
pntinna Agitikfan,' Aall be Ajjutcfaed.
* Gif?. as, 1645- R<ftrtv«l, That the Meflenlger*
ftom Ac' Lords be always tailed in imm^iately af-
ter that (he Bti&neft, ibcn tiY prefcAt AgiCatron, Ihall
beconchided; aitdAiAODo^r newBtilineft what-
fecvcr intcmne' between tbM Bufillers and' the' Ad-
miflton of the Meflengers.
* Sept. II, 1648. prdcted, That when Meflen*
gets aire lent from the Lords to this Hetrie, as fuoo
as the Bufinefs in Agitation, when the Meilengen .
conw, is ended, Aetr the MetTengers fr<Hil die Lord*
to bc'cdfed in.
Orim tar tia * Pet', t4t 1606. An Order oKivcid' ind'fetded,
h"^ "J^ That the Houfe ftiould aflcmbic every Day at Eight
ii^^ Rifi^o^lo^'cj aid- enter into the great Baflnm M. Nine
and Mcmben co-o'CIcclc
"^''**"^'^" ■ ' ^"T^Ji 1614, II Jat. Ordered; TKaf the
WunrE^pingHmifeflialffit every Diy a* Seven o'CIicS in the
Hua in the Mofmtlg; md to begin to md BiWV, ftcondly, alf
""^- Eight o'clock.
*- To Oleet at half an Hour' after Seveh ; and Bills
to be put to Pa£ge iff Eig^t o'OodC, jlprii 24,
^ 1624-, izyae.
^ Ntv. %6, 1640. Ordctsd, That neither Bodt
i»r Gfcive may give any Man TltTe or Intereft' to
uiy Pface, if they thcrafelves' be not at Prayers;
* May I, 1641. Orderedj TbataHth« Membert
' ' otdtisHQufe, that fiull come to theHoufcr after
E«bt
u.^,.z.>j=..GoogIc
APPENDIX. ^o»
Elg^t ct'Olock, fhall pay it. etcrpt it fliatl appear
' to tire Houle that they are cfflpiojred in the Service
bf fhis RoLtfe •« be dirpofed of as the Houfe fliall
think fit, and (he SCrje>nt is to gather this Money ;
and if any Member Qiafl forbear to come for the
tphde Day, he Ihall pay $j. untelis he hxve Li,cehce
friJrrt this Huufc, or be ficfc, or be in the SerViCc of
tfte Houfe.
^Apfi/ig, 1642. Ordered, Thit whofoevei" fliall
Hot he here St PrayeW Hvtry Mirnir^ it Eight ot the
<r)ocle, ihaH pay v. to the Poor; and etfery Member
that Ihall come after Prayers, is ordered ts pay it. (o
the Serjeant vfrithoul any further Dertiatid.
< /*<« I4, 1 743. KeCoIved, That the Rnuft do
meet cveiy Day at Nine o'clock and rffe at Twelve j
and Mr. Spealter is to put the Houfc Jri ll^ind here-
of; itti that Tuch Mi^hi1;«rii as c6me afef Nine 01.11
pay 1 5. to the Poor t and that if any Memher (halt
begin, or make a hew Motion after Twelve t>/ the
Ooct, he [ball pay $s. to be tfoUeded and difpt^fed
of ftJ the Poor.
* A Box u to be prepared ind Cei up at the Dd6r
to rfiisPurpefe; afid the B'urgeflcS t>^ Weftmxnjitr are
in talttf Care that the Money be duly paid.
* AffU 22, 1(546. Ordered, That wjiatfoevtr
Mentbefof tlie Houfc ffial!, during (fie Time the
lldufe is it Prayers, contitiuc tritfier in iTie Corii-
miftce- Chamber, or tn'the Judges Rooinj and iball
not come and be prcfent at Prayers, (hall forfeit, arid
pay, for every Time he ftiall fo aBftpt himfelf, IJ.
to be cotleiSted by the Serjeant at Arms, and to be
diftr1i)uted to the Poor.
' Revived fan. 15, 1654; and Mini I4. 1656.
<^ Match li, 1647. Ordered, That fo loon as the
Clock ftVilces Twelve, Mr Speaker do go <)ut of dio
Chaii; arid that the Hbufe rile, and no neW Motion
be made aficr Twelve o'clock.
' ,iWa«i 23, 16+9. RofblvcJ, Esfc. T*hae every
MemlSer that doth not attend" the SflrMclr of tlie HWe
at Niitc o'clock in the Morning, (ball pay ir. to
the Poor i and the Serjeant to collefl' the fame of
all the MeiVi&ers thatlfiall come after that 'fiftie.' '
Cc 2 '■May
...C'.oogic
3oa A T> PEN D I X.
. ■ * Mttf 31, 1659. Ordered, That Mr. Speaker do
conftantl}', every Morning, take (he Chair by Eight
o'clock ; and that the Council of State, and Com-
mittees of this Houfe, do forbear to fit in the Mom*
ing after Eight o'Clock, and do then give their At-
tendance on the Service of the Houfe ;, and that the
Houfe do rife every I)ay at Twelve o'Clock; and
that no Motion be made after Twelve o'Clock; but
that Mr. Speaker is hereby enjoined then to rife.
* April 29,' 1679. Refolved, That this Houle
will every. Day adjourn till Seven o'Clock the next
Morning.
* March 24, 1679. Refolved, Tliat this Houfe.
villbegiii to fit every Morning at Nine o'Qocl; and
that no new Motion be made after One o'Clock.
* The fame Order for Motions Ntv. 25, 1695-
* To proceed on Bufintjls at Ten o'clock, (ic.,
Nov, 2, 1.696.
*Nev. 19, 1694. Refolved, That this Houfe will
every Morning at Ten o'Clock, enter upon public
Bufinefs i and that no private Bufinefs be prooeeded
upon after Ten o'Clock.
* March 10, 1734- Complaint being made to the
Houfe, That Places were kept in die Houfe for Mem-
bers whp'were not at Prayers, by laying Papers for
that Purpofe, declared, That no Member is to keep
any Place in the Houfe, by Book, Glove, Paper, or
otherwUe, till after Prayers } and then only for bJm-
felf..
* March 13, 1734. Refolved and declared, That
the Declaration of the Houle of the 10th Day of this
inftant March, That no Member is to keep any Place
in the Houfe, by Book, Glove, Paper, or otherwile,
till after Prayers, and then only for himfcif, does not
extend to a Member who takes a Place by and for
faimfelf only before Prayers, and leaves a Book,
Glove, Paper, or other Mark of the Tame, provided
fuch Memoer be at Prayers. '
] * Jan. 29, 1741. The Hfiufe was moved. That
the Several ftcfolutions of the Houfe of the 26th of
iNwtmhtr, 1640, and the loth and i^th of Mareb^
1734, relating to Uie Method of taking Places in the
Houfe,
APPENDIX. 503
UtrnfCf might be read ; snd the fame were read ac-
cordingly^ and ordered to be printed in the Votes of
the Day.
* JuiteiS, 1610. Ordered, TTiat if any S»r«ngerorij„ toBdilnt
prefer any Grievance^ he muft ftand by at the Read-pHnu Bufiwft,
* May 12, 1627, 4. Cdr.- Mr, Surg/fi tends ih a ,
Petition j but ii not being figned, the Houfc (ignified
to him that brought it, by the Serjeant, That they
could not meddle with it in that RelpcA.
* Die. 4, 1640. Ordered, That the Bufinefs in
Agitation being ended, no new Motion of any new
Matter (hall be made without Leave of the Houft.
* March 23, 1641. Ordered, That no new Mo*
tion {ball be made after Twelve o'Clock,
* Jan. ag, 1643. Refiilvcd, He. TTiat when any
Motion is made in the Houfc for any Member, or
other Perfon, for Wf Plage or Office to be conferred
upon them, That the Houfc Ihall t^e a Day*!) Time
requifite to confider of the fame, before they make
dcf therein I and to be made in a full Houfc.
* Jpril I, 1644. Ordered, That no Member do
o^ to more, after Prayen ore done, till the Mini-
&er that prayed be gone out of the Houfe, '
* May 23, 1645. Ordered, That Mr.'S[)eaker
fliall not hear any new Motion after Twelve of the
Clock.
* Off. 25, 1645. Ordered, TTiat no new Modon
ofanyBurtncfswhatfoeverOiall be made after Twelve
o'Qock; and that Mr. Speaker fball not bear any ^
new Motion after Twelve o'Clock, and the Houfe
immccflately to rife } and that Mr. Spacer do then
Jcave the Chair, unlefs the Houfe be in the Debate
of a Bullnels, or the Houfe otbenrife order.
■ • Revived JiirrfA 23, 1649. -
* Sept. 23, 1646.- Rofolved, That no private Pe-
tition, to be dire^ed - to the Parliament, be printed
before the fame be read in the Houfe.
*Dtctmitri, 1646, -Otdercd, That the Order
^ainfl printing private Petitions, before they are
prefented to the Houfe, be duly b ferved } and that
■ Cc 3 (he
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394 A P P^ B N D f X.
tiw ficijc^nt, attending Ak Houlc, ihall fitizc vpof
f^ch prinwl PptitiiWs, U) the Haad» «f»i]y PwUwf
that dull deliver or difpetfe the fame,
* Oa. 8, 1659. Refttlved, Thai no Pcrfon pro-
pounded,' a« to any Office of Profit PT Trvlt. Oiall
be pafled thf fame Day thjii b? is propound^ [ anj
that Mi. Speaker put the Haure in Mnd thereof.
* RcfoWed, Thiat fuch Perf ons ae Oi^H prefat my
Ferloa tothU Houfc, for any Place Qf Pri^ pr Tnift,
fiulj give in hit Nwne under his Hand, aa^ leave it
with the Clerk of this Houfe i and ihyt they bclievf
bim to be 41 Perfim within the QualtSawion oiAt ^tb
fif May, 1659.
* Jpril 35, 1660. Rdblvcd^ That jv> new Kifir
n^fa be broueht in, or entertunist) ip tb^Hovft, after
Twelve o'CW.
< jAtf. 33, 1660. Rdblvcd, That np private Bu-
fisfb be entensincd by this Houfe, gn tpy Day afr
ter half an Huur after Mineo'Cbck. till further Or*
Jer.— Alter Ten o'Clock, tfev. 26, 1660 •*-Aittr
J4ioeo'Clock, 7»wio, i6i6i.—Af»r Ten o'Clock,
Ftb. ^ i69>* and 7(»i. 24, l693.'^Aiter Eleven
o'clock. 7tfii. 29, 1693.
*'lS»rf^i9, 1679. Ordcrfld, That (be fUniiag
Order of the Houie, That no new M«t<on be nndc
»ficr Twelve o'Clock* be flruOly and cqaftandy kept
tnd ob^^rved*
> ^rrJ. 4, 1697. Ordered, That no Petid'oni tw ite
^vb4 after Ten o'Clock in ifae f orangon.
nrtwW-cluDf «%», 3,. 1641. Ordered, That Mr, Speaker
*'"''^' Oiair have a Warrant, at any Time, to app^bend
and ftay Ibcli Member* of this Haak at be (baU be
inforincd d».fli^r fend CballeogBs, or receive or ear
tertain Challenges.
' JpTil 28, 1 645. f )rdercd, That if any QHarrel
bippcn between, any GcDtleoient or others, in any
Place within .the Cities of Lmdaa miilfifimmfitr,
and the L nes <jf Communicanon, (the Houfe not
ficttngf dui, upon Inf<Tmat<oji thereat to Mr. Spca-
JKj-, he fhiiil have Power to iiuid fat tke Parties, bmI
ieciurc
'upi..j.,C".OOQk--
APPENDIX. sof
iecum thor Peribm tilt dM HotiA be -Kqv^med wlA
itf Md tflai further Of^cr. • . -■ ,
* Mv. 1 1, 164.0. Ic VM declftnfl, 'as ■ fOfiftantQ,,^^ toodui
JUU^fthis Uouft, ThatifAWhnefetw:^roue^ȴrtuicar<.
tbH Hmife, (the Mat^ futMig) the Bar eu^ht Kobe
down i othcrwMfe, if the Hoi^e be in ■ Cormnklee.
f Mv. 25, 1647, P. M. Rtfolved, (Jfc, That
this Houfc dodt ded«ra, That l^ Perfoni that m
fummoned to attend any Committee of this Houfcj
Bi WitMQesi in any Caufe depending- before ^eot,
ought to haw the Privilege of Pariitinent, and to be
(wKtrom Airefti ineoming, ftaying, aiul marning
to tba/aid Committee.
* Mttdt 8, 16B8. Refolved, That it is die tin* '
doubted Rigbt of diis Houfa, ThatAtl WitnetTes
fiunmoned to attend riiis Hsufe, or any Committee
appointed by it^ hive the PrtvU^of this Houfc in
coming, ibiyiDgi and rotomlng,
< May 2, i'695. Rdblved, lliat ^ Heufe dot))
■gfte with the CoBiiBittefl in the faid Refolution,
Tliat th« proper Method to c<Hiipd Witiufles w
come in, and give dicir Evidence upon Impeaclv
nenti, is, in ^ firfl Place, to ifliie out Sutnmdns,
from diia Houfe, to fuch Witnefln for their Attend'
aoce.
' ' fan. 29, 1699. A Complaint being made to the -
liaufe. That the Md^gers belonging to the Ser-
jeant at Amu, attending this Houfe, had demanded ■
Moneys of leveral Perfons fummoned tqr them to at-
tend C<MiuniKflCs, declared} That no Perfon fum-
aioBed to attend the Houfe, or Committees, ai Wit-
neflcj, ought to pay any thing for their being (b
ftimtnoncd.
* May to, 1743. ' Complaint being made to the -
Houfe of the Proceedings of the Houfe of Reprc-
lentatives of the Province aiMaJfachitfttt Bay againft
ytrtnaab DunhoTy Efq. and the Cenfurc palled upoq
him, by the faid Reprefentatives, in the Months of
Dtetmbtr and yaiaiaTy laft, fdr giving EviiJencc, in
the SelEon of Parliament preceeding the laft, befor?
z Committee of this Houfe, to whom a Bill (then
C c 4 depends
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3o6 APPENDIX.
idepCnding in this Houfe, for the better fecurin|; and
encouraging the Tia>e tcr bis M^el^y'i Sugar Colo^
niesin Amtrtta) was committed : And aPaper printed
ViB'Siin^ in JVm' £>i;/tf>>(^, rintituJed, .Vetet of the
Hauft ef Rtprtfintatiwif being offered to the Houfe^
the faid Paper wa« brought up to the Tabic, and
fevenl Paragraphs therein were read ; in whicb
the afore- mentuined Proceedings againll the faid
"Jtrtmtah Dunbar^ and tiie Cenfure pailed upon hun,
arc contained,
' Ri.r»Ived, i\>m. C«n. That the prefuming to call.
»ny pelf ^n lo Account, ur to pafs a Cei^fure upon him
foi: Evidence given by luch Pe>fon before thisHogfe,
oranyCommitieethercof, isanaudaciousPrcceeding,'
and an high Violation of the Privilege of ihia Houfe.
' Ordered, Th^t a Committee be appointed to
inquire who were the Authors and Abettors ot the
Proceeding agj^ioA Jtrtmiab /Juir^ar. Hfq. in the
Houfc of Repi cfentativeB of the MaJ/oehuJel'i Bay,
in the Months of December and "Jatmary )a<l ]'aft, at
B'ftoty in New ^ngiand, on account of the £vi«
dence given by the fajd Jtrtmiah Duniar^ belcac t
Committee of this Houfe, in the Year 1730. >
Orim tDDcUoK * Nov, 4i l6-f3 A Committ^ ordered to take
^^^2'^-A.cCount of all public Monies ifluedi no Mcoiberi
compa, ud Ai-0' Other Officer, liable to account to be of the Qmb-.
myAcMsvB. fflitiee.
*'• • March 21, 1694. Refolved, That the Speakw
of this Houfe is capable of being chofen a CanuniiSo-
ner for taking and Hating the public Accounts.
' Refolved, That no Perfon be a Commiffioaei
who hath any Office of Profit, or is accountable to
hiiMajelly. The fame ^/i, r, 16115..
* Jpril 19, 1699. Commiffioners to be fevcn foe
Caking an Account of the forfeited Elates in Ireljnd,
' Ordered, That no Meinbd of (his Houfe be.4
CoinmilSoner.
* May i^, 1720. A Bill for appointii^ Commif-
fioners for uaur^ the Accounts ot the Atmy.
* Refoiv^, I'hat no Perfon be a Commiflioner'
who hath any Office of Profit, or is accountable ta
flit Majefty.
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< Rcfolved, That the Taid Commiffioncn in«; be
Mcmlicrs uf this Houfe.
( Rerolved, L~bat no Perron who hath been, or is,
an Ag«nt, be a CommilBoncr in the r^iiil Bill.
* May 9, 1604, I fae. Rule, That no Delin* Ordert iboot
quent is to be brought in, but by the Serjeant wi'b ^"^^"jj*^^
his Mace. sui to tfac B>r.
■ • March 6, 1625, I Car. Mr. Attorney being
come to give Satisfa^on to the Houfef^om ibeDulce
of Sttfii, refolved, That be be brought in with the
Mace, and then ftaud at the Bar to be heard, atid
then to withdraw.
• Du. Ill i7»J. The Order of the Day being
read for the iecond Reading of the Bill ibr infliSing
certain Pains and Penalties upon Gmrgt Kiflj, alias
Jahnjiiif ofdere<li That rhc Serjeant at Arms do
inand with the Mace at the dar» whillt the Piifbner
i> thece*
* May a, 166S. Ordered, That when any Per-Orkr mo^
fons ci>nic to be naturalizeu hereafLcr, they do fifftW« t»n li T«i a>.
take ihe Oaths of Allegiance anJ bupremac) in the
Boufe, afur the apealtcr ukes ibe Cnair, accord-
ing to sniient Form.
. « 7«i« 7, 167^, ?.^. Relblved, ACfoi. Cm. That"""^ "f Cam-
no Pcrfon committed for Breach of Priv.iegt, by Or-,J^J^_ "^
der of this Houft^, ought to be difcharged during die
Si^oo of Parliament, but by Order or Warrant of
this Houfe.
♦ ywwg, 1675. Refidved, Ntm. Cta, That no
CoQunoner of tngland^ ommiEied by Order or
Warrant of the Houfc of Commons for Breach of
Privilege, or Contempt of that Houfe, ought, with-
out Order of that Huufe, to be, by any Writ oC
ffaitai C»rpusy or any Authoiity what&ever, made
to appear and anfwer i and to do and receive a De-
^nniaation in the Houfe of Peers, during that Sef^
lion of Parliament, wherein fuch Periba was lb com-
mitted.
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• < March 22, 1697. kefolvei. That no PerAm
committed by this Houfe, can, dufing the fane Sd^
fion, be dirchu^cd by sny otbcr Ambortty wltatl(>>
ever.
' Feb. 26, 1701, ]4 Ga/. m. Col. Granvillt
npcNTtcd, from theCommittccof ihe wIk^ Eiobfe,
to conlulcr binha of tbc Eight;, Libertiet, wid Pri-
vileges of the Houfe of Commons, Tliat thtj h^
fome to feverzl Rcruluttons, which they had iktek-
cd him to report when the Houfe will ple^Te to re-
ceive the fame.
* The Reportjonlered to be read imoediately; ani
be reported, viz.
* FirJI, Rctcibed, Thtf It is the 0)dnioa of this
Commioec, That, to a&rt that the Houfe of Com-
mons are not the <Hily Re preTenta lives of the Cora-
moni <^ Eaglantit tends to the Subverfion f4 the
Rights and Privitent of the Houfe of Conmons, simI
ttie Fundamental Conftitutioa of the GovernoMH of
this Kingdom.
*■ StcM^ff, Rdblved, That it is the O^Ufiion of
this Committee, That, to ailert that the Houfe of
CoDimons havf no Power of Commitment but af
dieir own Membets, tends- to the Subverfion et the
Confiitution of the Houfe of Commons.
' Thirdtyt Refolvcd, That it is the Opinion of this
Committee, That to print or publifl) any Books or
Libels reflcding on the Proceeding* of the Houfe of
Commons, or any Member thereof, for, or rdating
to, his SciVice dierein, is a high Violation ef the
Rights and Privileges of the Houfe of Coeimons.
*.Fiiirihiy, Refolved, That it b the Opmion t^
this Committee, That it is the undoubted Right of
the People of Snglmd to petition or to addrefs die
Kii^ for the calling, iittiog, or dlflblving of Parlia-
ments, and for the redrefling of Qricvances.
• Fifthfy, Refolved, That it is the Opinion rfthis
Committee, That it is the undoubted Right of every
Subjed of Englmtd, under any' Accufition, either
by Impeachment or othcrwife, to he brought to a
fpeedy Trial, in order to be acquitted or condemned.
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cpnd Tinac, were, upaq ibp (^ilii>n J«ye;filly put
fbfreupop, agrfcd to by ihe H"Mfp-
* JJlir(''tt, 17OA. RtfolveiJ, ThjU Qio Ccsiinouer
of £itgia«dt committed hj the Houfe of Commons
Mgtu » ^ by any Writ of finiiffi C»Fp¥S, in»Jc 10
rppnt in sny other P}ace, or before any other Ju-
dicature during tb»t ScSoo of Pa.luancnt wherein
Aicb Pcrfun was fo coqimiitcd.
* RsTulved, That tl)c berjcant at Arms* *ttendiiig
Itbis Houfe, do m^kc |iq Re^uf if of, or yield any Obo-
dtence to^ the faid Writs of Hqirfs Ct'ftii % and. for
Jitch liii Rerur4, that he have jtie Protc^on of the
ijioufa of CommoiiL
* Refolvcd, That the Lord-Kr«per be acquainted
with the faid ReroWticns, to the End that the faid
Wfitf of Hth"' Ctrpfis m^y be fupc^feded u coor
Wry to Law, and the Privilege pf this Houfe.
< (Merpd. That the Ck'k of this Houfe do sc-
quainc the Lord-Keeper of the Grptt it^l of England
■vritb the fai(t Rciblutioo^
* JfriJ 4t 1707- SlefoUed, TNtf whensny Per-
Sifa (ordejed tp be taken into the Cwftody of the Sei^
jeant at Armaj (hiU either abfcond from Jutticc, or,
im'utg been in Cuftody, Oiall retbre to pay the jufl
fcfs, in tittasr p> tbojc Cafis the Order tor Commit-
jpfMt fll«JI be revived xtthe Beginning of the next Sef'
fion of Parliam-nt ; and that this be decl'red to be a
Staivling Order of the Houfe,
' >w 16, I74(S. RcTolved, Thai the Serjeant at
AntWt attending this Houfr, is intitled to, and ought
aotafcear)d rrce.vcaFeeof6;> S(^. andiheCap lon-
Jep of 3/. 6*. id. and the F«e of U. 6s. id for
one Day in Cuflody, from every Perfon who Ihall be
'tffoitght ta tlK tiar of this Haufe to hv icprimanded
by Mr. Spirdter.
* Jani 19, 1746. Rdblved, That the Serjeant
M Arms, luending this Ijouic, is mtitled to, and
«ugh.: to take and receive from every Pcrlbn-who
iba)> behroudat to theSar of lith Houfe t-< be repri-
foanded by Mr. Speaker, the Feci iolbwing ; the
Fee
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3IO A !> •*» E N D I X.
Fee of 5/. or 3/. 6 s. td. tUxxxAin^ to the Table
of Fees, for taking a Pcrfon into Ct^dy ; the Fees
' for one Day in Cuftody, via., xl. for himfclf, and
6s. id. for bringing a Criminal to the Bar.
Oidcn OB tkc * jfpriiiy i6o4i I yae. Agreed for a Rule, That
QS«*»«>°> ^ a QueiVion being once made, and carried in the Af-
H^'onc. '"'fii'mative or Negative, cannot he queftioned again)
but muft ftand as a Judgment of the Houfe.
'yunei^, 1604. Aerced for a Rule, That upon
"the adding of a new Thing, the Qucftion is to" be
put in the Affirmative ; upon the continuing of w
old, in the Negative.
* Queftion made, Whether tWe Law fliall con-
tinue until rhe End of the next Seffion of Parlia-
ment. Much Difference in Difpute, Whether, up-
on this QuelHon, the Yea or No ihall fit. Affirmed
and conceivtft as a Rule, That when any Aheration
U required of a Law in Being, as in this Cafe, and
thereupon a Queflion put, the Yeas muft fit ftill, and
^e Noel go forth.
' Nev. 28, 1621, HiJae. Relblved, Thatwheo
a general Vote of the Houfe concurretli in a Mofion
propounded by the Speaker, without any Contradic-
tion, there needeth no Queftion.
* May II, 1626, 2 Cfl'-. Queftion, Whether the
Yeas or Noes ftiould go out, much Debate about it.
'A Rule, That whofocvcr will have a Thing mnft
goout, and fogetit.
* Nov. 6, 1640. Upon Debate of granting Time
to thofc that are doubly returned for making their
Choice, Wf. Whether the Queftion fiioutd be firft
made for Mindsy next, or for longer Time, rcfolv'-
ed, upon the Queftion, That the Queftion' for Mmi-
dej (hould be ftrft made.
* Die, 10, 1640. Upon die Dif&rence of the
Yeas and Noes, the Houfe being divided, it was de-
clared fur a conftant Rule, That tbofc that give dieir
Votes for the Prcfcrvation of the Orders of the Houftf,
IhallOay in; and thofc that give their Votes other-
wife, to the introducing of any new Matte* or Alte-
latioR, fhall go out.
» April
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, * April 14, 1604, I Joe. Mcinbersmiftakingtiieo^j^ (^kia,
QueAion interrupted by Mr. Speaker, and thereupon Moinni, uit
a Rule conceived, wz. Th« if any Man fpealt im-^?^ " *^
pertincntlyi or bcfides the Queflion in Hand, it Hands
with the Order of the Houfe for Mr. Speaker to in-
terrupt him, and to know the Pleafure of the Houfe
whether they will further hear hitn.
* April 17, 1604. Agreed for a Rule, Tliat if
mf fuperfluout Motion or feditioui Speeches be of-
fered in the Houfe, the Party i* tt> be dire^ed and
ordered by Mr. Speaker.
* May 19, 1604. A Rule ^reed. If any Man
ipcak not to the Matter in Qucftion, the Speaker is
«o, moderate. ,
* y«fff 21, j6q4- Agreed for aRuIe, That when
Mr. Speaker defircs to fpcak, he ought, to be heard
without Interruption, if the Houfe be iilent and not
in Difpuie. ,
. *Jliiiy 17, i^^ Any Man may fpeak after the
.Affirmative Qucilion, and before the Negative.
* ApriliXt 1610. Ifa Bill be continued in Speech
two Days, one may not fpeak twice.
* April i^ 16.14, ^^J"'- ^r. Speaker, for the
Dignity and Cf ravity of the Houfei ordered. That no
Interruption be made till the Speech of the Patty
Jpcaking be ended and ruled.
* May 3, 1621, 19 Jac. Refolved, That though
a Matter be ordered in the Houfe, upon the Que^
flioh ; yet if, after, the fame Matter comes in ^ain
by Bill, any Member may fpeak to this Matter, pr»
or ee^ira, as hi^ Opinion is, and the faid QueAion^
formerly made and palTcd, precludeth him not.
' Nm. 10, 11S40. It was declared. That when
ft fiufincfs b begun and in Debate, if any Man rile
to fpeak to a new Bufmefs, any Member may not,
but Mr. Speaker ought to, interrupt him.
* March 21, 1678., Ordered, That the OrdersTbe Orden i>r
for every Day be read the next Morning before *iy!^^''JL^
other Bufinefe. Momiog
'. • On. 27, 1680. Ordered, Tliat the Votes of
' each Day be read the Day following the firll Bufmefs.
* March
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ju . A P P ft N" DJE 3t,
< M'^eti l^ iiff^. Ordered, That tbt Ordei*
for the Btifinflls vp^irttti fo> the Qvj^ bt taA er%^
ry Day itt Elevcrr o'clock
Ttt Order, of ' Jant lOj idJg. A DetxM irifeig te the RMfl^,
being pleaded to- (4m JtffilttfiiM of (U* Court tf
KiTf^tf BoAcK tile Tkiw Aigb« to be oMr-rufed,
refilvet^ Thn ibr Onhn a«d: PnK«e4tn^ of thib
Houfe,. plcadwi <o thtr JurlAiawn tjf A« CoWl <if
King's fiencb, ought not ts''bO aVAr-ttileil.
^fcW^ *Afm.M, 1354. t?[«fiiQyeft»«iffied(ittlfc
dicHouCEiAiy Houfe, If, upon the Royal Aflcnt, th« Parlit#Mt
jract^ witbOTi^ay ^Ocee<t Wilbooe a«jr P/ftr(*i«oii »■ ilTitagfecd
^''^'^''* ihatitaiay..
BlickRod. ( Jlfaj 10, 1641. Mtmaraadum, That Mr. ^At*-
nvtf cotiiiiYg to ftW Houfii ftriiK » McAa^ With-
out hi* Kaek R4d^' sittd CMntflg in btferc fii' Ma
cxikd Hs £^42c^A was tiSen M bctthi
RceeA. ' * Jbg. iff ib^i. RefblvMf liftfn fbt QBeAlon,
That this HOktUi idtii Ae]$ai, That xltj are dot fo
bMind ' up by the .OrdcV fei' the Reeefs, Sut that if
any emergent Occafion &bI1 arife,- tbey May rtctA
■tmta it.
PafiAt not ta * iVi to, 1 6^0. Ordci^, Thflt naPap^i Sa
come Btir the prefamc M> COTOff into Wtfltninjitt HaH, the Cotttc
p^u^^ll"' "^ Requefts, o( the Ubhy of Aw Houfe, dnring d*
Sitiihg of this t^arltament ; and thii Order to be
palled up at pf'eftihiH/ttr Hall 0«te, aiid in the
Lobby of this Hoiire; and that the Serjeant at Armt.
.afending this Houfe, do tike lAto Cuft^ij all' fudi
Pcrfons as flial! oflfcnd agsinft ihtf fn4 Ordef.
6rdm MucihiAt * Julf %, 1607. Sir £(ftvi« 5'i<niiyr reported from
DMrjoLm>i5,ivi.thc ton.mitMte, to perufe and confidtr of fuch Erf-
Wie-Boolr, Er'-j,;^ ^^ ^,^ ^^^ 1,^ (i,^ Qj,^ j^ his Joumat-Bot*,
Gf,-. with tte Reafons, (Sfc. That it is thought con-
' vtniciit by the Committee}, dnt this Onttr -fbtniM
• ' - 2 be
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tVMtefBd) fti4/iipo«Q!ieftitfn, nl<Ave4 toberti-
- tmtfi to thtfer W(rtd», «rs. Tlttt, belwetti dm *ai
the nntt SdbMi tf PfrBgneAt, the Clerk flull per-'
fea tM» J»uMit^B«* for theft three fiift Scffiom ;
Aitf thkt ntf Mmfer of It^fHiga, or Conference, o«
Kefi!>1(rti(*i AT Che Moofe proeedding th«rcDpoa, &aU
be of Recdrd dr iw Fiwttf^ Alt futii Time » the ftmd
be perufed and pcrfeded tnr i CoaiAiitMV ti> be) cKo-
An thtf nntt S^fflun of FHluKnbnt, aid ifproteA by
the Hodfii : AnCT' tfidf ^ha heiKtffeftb th« Com-'
*!tt«e of Pl#i1^te db t)«<iTf SainnUjt in the After'
irtMiv pefufearitffyaffiBaihdBiMykAf EiUriei, ind
IMhMnferaM'afcfelltid} MtdtfMt* inregardoftho
pe»t Pains which the Clerk is to take in peifeding
tfffe ^ JoOrflats, Ibme Courft bo Utien tht next M-
SatifarimhetKrEactluta^aitnt
*Ftti^ t6i$9. TUfstidOMfffottbs Journal-'
' Die. 10, itS^l. Sir y/fUJM^ f^ifilrigge nWVetf
(be liloiifii ^lA ft» Glfcrkf« fix fiificrJng hii Jour-
tial*y or Papere CfArMkted «o his Truft, to be tdcen
by Members of ^!J ifouTe fron thif Table ; for ihalf
^jWy Alter^drf wdre ntadri in fit Order, dMugh but
iff St Word,' At^ Clerk eould rlotanfvrtSr if; and thcM-
hit defirti it-miy'M oMer«d,for tin ftituret the Cleric
fbould not fulTer the fame, it being againft-the Duty*
and the Truft be is fwofn uhtof but tbft HoufiJ de-
difi^ (Ae nYaft^' 6t any Order herein ; dedafiAg,
THtt if wava F^dWIeMfal Or^d^ofttM Koufe, tha^
the Clerk, who is a fwom Officer, and intrufled with
am tiiti\ei arid (tJ^GoOody of the Rectus of (he
HbtiM OD^ nbt^ itifti^ any Journal or HeconM
fti'be take'rt fiorii tKtf Tabl«, of odtof his Cuftodyr
Md if h)j flflSt hA^fl^r do it, afftr thij W^niflg,
iMf av His-PiErhl' He ffibll di it.
*>(^: a, if^tfi ft«feIV6d, (frl'ThatnoPerfon
be-perMitted tb h»i6 Infpeaion «l An Journal- Bo<>)dj
but ftMflMar« MeinVen of thi»Hbiiret
* Pe». 4^ 1666 Ordertdi That the ComrnlttM
■ ifffKiihaf fbinf^'tlW J<MrAita bd revived^ and do
d«aritlM tfii tmt Aety SslurJ^.
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* Dk. 4t 16^9. ReToIved, ,That a Committee
be appointed to perufe the Joumals of this Houfc
every Saturday in the Afto'nQon, and if there be an^
Millakc in Writing to rcdify the famet and if thejr
find any Omtffion or Miftake in the Entry of the
Votes and Oiders of the Houfe, to report tht fam«
to tbc Houfe t .and that it be reCertcd to. ilft.
* The fiBi; Afay 4, 1675.
* April ^, i6yj. Ordered, That no Member of
this Houfe dd lure^ter take off from the Clerk's Ta-
bic any Bill, 01. Briei of a Bill, ortheJournal-Bc^k}
CI be permitted to take Notes, or copy thereout, tJu-
ring the Sitting of the Houfei or a Coininittee df the
whole Houfe.
'■Dec. II, 1678. Ord»ed, That a Committee
be appointed to infpe£l and penile the Jaurnah of
this Hoiife, to fee that due Entries be made, and
make a Report of the Mii^akes and Errors therein^
every Aicndaj Morning,
'Ordered, That the Ordera of the Houfe be
drawn up every Day, and read the next Morning
before they be entered in the ytumah,
' Aianh 29, 1679. Ordered, That the Orders
and Proceedings orthis Houfe, after they are read
every Morning, be entered in the Journals of the
fame Day.
' Revived 0<?. 27, 1680.
* Ordered, That a Committee be appmnted toin'-
fpefl the Jeurnelt every Morning, and fee Uiat true
Entiles be made.
' Mt/y ^, 1698. 5iT Rawland Givyn acquainted
the Hoiiie, That, upon fearching for the faid Prece-
dents, they found that many of the fiooks of iba
yovrnali of the Houfe, before the Year 1685, arc
much worn, ill written, and without any Indexes^
ordered. That all the Jauraeli oi this Houfe,, un-
til the Year 1 685^ be fairly tranfcribed, and Inuexca
nade by the Clerk of Hk Journals to tranfcribed,
with References to the FtJios of the original
Books i and that it be recommended to the Lords
Commiffioncrs of the Ticafury to pay the Charges
thereof.
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APPENDIX. 31J
' * March 35i i69<i- Ordered and declared to be
a Standing Order of tbe Houfe, That no Member
do lalce a Paper or the Minute-Books from off the
Table, to tianfcribe in the Houfe, under the Di(-
pleafure and Ccnfurc of the Houfe.
( Mi;f3iy 1741. Refolved, That all theBooks
of the Proceedings or y«irrWf of the Hoiile of Com-
mons, now in the Cu{{od}r of the Clerk of the fail
Houfe, and t:ommencing with the Bocdt called Sn-
mxr, which begins with tbe Reign of King fid'
ward VI. be printed. ,
* Refolved, . That pooo Copies of the fiid TW* '
nail be printed for the Ufe of the Members of this ^
Houfe, by tie Appointment, and under the Direc-
tion of NUbslat Hardingy Efq. Cleric of the Houfe,
of Commons, (the fame not to eicecd 30 Volumes)
with a proper Preface and Index to each Volume,
and a general Preface and Index to the i^lc.
* Refolved,' That a proper Recon^nce foe made
to the faid Nuhtlas Harding, for the Lofs of Fees,
which he and his Office wUI fuftain.by printing the
£ud JturfiaU,
*. Refolved, That an humble Addrefs be prelented
to bis Majcfly^ That he will be gracioully pleafed xa
order the Sum of 5000/. to be advanced to Nitbelas
tJardingy £fq. Clerk of this Houfe, towards ena-
bling him to print the Jeurnals of this Houfe; and
liicewife the further Sum of looo/. as a RecompcncC
to the faid Nubtlas Harding^ for the Lq6 of Fees,
3vhich he in bis Office may fuflain, by printing the
Aid Jmrnah ; . and to alTure his Majefly that thia
. Houfe will make good the fame.
' Ordered, That the faid W«aA be printed by
fucb Pcrfon as ihall be liccnfed by Mr., Speaker ; and
that no other Pcrfon do prcfuoie to print the iaxae.
* J*'h I3> 164L. Ordered, That no MemberOrJcn tguaft
of this Houfe (hall ciiher ^ve a Copy, or publifh in^* primingihe
Print, any thine that he fliall fpeak here, without^^ Jai
Leave of the. Houfe. HmI*.
* March 22, 164*. Refolved, i^c. That whKr
foever Perfon fliall print any ^£1 01 Pafl^ges' of this
Vol. XXiU. D d Houfe,
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APPENDIX.
Houfe, under the Name of Diurnal or othenvife,
without the particular Licence of thb Houfe, flnll
be reputed a high Contomner and Breaker of the
Privilege of Pariiuneot, and to be punUbed accord-
ingly.
*Jpril.ii, 1659. Rerolved, That the Orders and
^«roIutton$ of this Houfe fball not beprinted hy any
Tt^ron or t^erfons whatbeveri without the ^leciai
Xeave o( tb% Houfe.
■ "• yipui%, 1660. Refolved, That noPerfob what-
foever do pn^fume, at his Peril, to print any .Votes or
Proceedings of this Houfe» without dielpedalLesve
juid Order of the Houfe,
* RevivciJ May 14, 1661. — J*>u ji i662>-^M^
:i4( 1666; and Ntvimbtr 8, l6Sg.
« OS, 1^, 1678- Ordered, That none of the Votes
vf thii Houfe he dUperfed or publifbed in the Cofte-
Houfei.
* The Votjcs, on Qyelllon, not to be printed, Jmu
33, 1688.
* Off. 13, 1689. Ordered, That all th« Votes
of the Houfe be printed, and that Mr. Speaker do
pcrufe the Votei of die Houffi and order tfie print'
log of them.
*Ftb.ii\ 1695. Ordered, That no New Letter-.
Writer do, in. tncir. Letters, or other Papers that
tbey dirperfe, prefutne to intermeddle with the De-
lutes, or any other Proceedings of this ffoufc.
■ * Revived Jan. iZ\ 1697 ; and Jan. 3, 170J.
* Dte. 2), 1 604. Movedi that it may be a Stand'
ing Order of th?s Houfe, That no more Votes of this
Houfe may beprinted.
« Ordered, That the Order of the 26th of Offt-
htr laft for printing the Votct be difehargcd, the
Houfe finding the great IiKoitvcniences that have at-
tended the printing of the Votes.
* Refolved, That it be a iitkndtng Order of the
Houle, that tio Votes of the Houfe fliall be printed^
without the particidarOrder of the Houfe.
' Refolved, That the Votes and Proceedings of
the Houffc' be not publifhed by the Qerks* or any
biher Per^ "whatroever. — Revived Ai, 25, i^os*
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« W(W. 53, 171ft. On the QKcffidil, Ae .Vote<
or^ej again to be printed.
'./"w. 23, 1703. Refglvcd) That no Newi-
Wrtten do prcflime, in their Lettcir or other I^a-
pen' tha^ they dlfperre, wt Miiiutes, or under any
Denqminadon, tt> tnteimcddle with Aie Debates^
or ttjv other Proceedings of the Hoiife.
* 'Retaivedy That no Printer or PaUiflier of any
printed K<ws-Fapen do' preAmie to inrert In any
{udl Papers, any Debates, or any other Proceeding
of Hhis Houre, Or any Comtnittee tttemf.
* Fti. 26, 1 728. Rcfolved, Mffl. Cm. That It is
an'lAdfgnity to, and a Sreach oF, the privilege Of.
this fifotife, for any Perlbn to prdume td give in'
Wriring, Or printed News, Papers, any Account or
Minute* of the Debates qt other Proceeding« of
this Houfe, or of any Committee thereof.
'_ 'Refdlved, N4m,Con. That, upon Difcovery of the
Authors, Printers, orPublifhers ofanyfuch writtea
or printtd News Pape^, diis Houfe wHf proceed againft
theOnenderswithlTieutmoftSeventy. '
* April 13, 1738^. A Coniplaim being Ruule to
the Houfe, That thd Publilhers of kittm Written
and prtrked News Letters and Papers had taken '
upon thcra togivc Accounts therein of the Proceed-
ings fS this Houfe, relblved, That it is an hi^ In-
dignity to; and a notorious Breach of, the Privilege
of this Houfe, for any News- Writer, in Lettere or
Other Papers, as Minutes> or under any other Dc-
nominatioo ; or for any Printer or PuUiflier of any
printed News Paper, of any OenomhiatiDh, to flr^*
I'ume to inftrt inthe tiid Letten or Papers, or to
ive therein wy Account of the Debates or other
.'roceedings of this Hbufe, or any Commhiee thA'e-
oSf as wcU during the Reccfs as the Sitting of ^rlla-
meiit; and that this Houfe will proceed mill the ut-'
mdR &!verity againft fuch Otfbidcrs.
*Fih. 19, r5S0. It is ordered. That the Lord orfert toodiiai
Qancelloi may diitA the King's Writ of Attadi-P'>Tii(te »i
ment.tpjhe Prefidcnt of the King's Coimcil \a (ht '»*•«'•»•
Northrarts, to attach Henrj Ifitbiringun and
D d z otheri,,
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f.
jiS A P P fe N D I X.
odwn, ,upon the Complaint of Su Rtttrl firandl'mgi
Kift. Burgels for Nnucajik, nhiDilcd to the Higher.
Houfe^
•■Ftb.iQ, 1556. It is ordwiid. That if my Bur-
BC& require Privilege for Hifnfelf, or his Servant, he
ihati, upon Declaration, hive a Warhint figned bjr
Mr. Speaker to obtain a Writ : And fbf ttiat Wil-
liam Ward^ Burgefs of Itoncafttr^ obtained a Writ
of Privilege out of the Chancery, without a Warrant,
from this Hpufe, it is committed to Mr. Mefan^ and
others, to exainlDe the Matter, and certify the lame.
lotheHoufet
* £>tc. 6, 1555. it is ordered. That Mr. Coisp^ .
trailer, williothenof theHoufe, Ihall declare to the
Lords, that their Opinion is, That their Privilege ia
broken } for that Cabritl PledaU, a Member of tbu
Houfl;, was hound In a Recognizance in the Star- .
Chamber, to appear there before the Council, with-
in twelve Days after the End of this.Parlramcnt]
Whereupon Mr. Cotnptrollcc , from the Lords «
faid. They would fend Anfwfcr thereof to the Houfe.
' Mr. Martin and Mr. 2^», from the Lords,
faid. They required fix of the Houfe to confer with,
the Lor^i for that Caufe ; and Mr. .to'mptrbller,
Mr. S. Pitrtt with four other.s, il^nt up ; and tSey
reported, That the Chief Jiirtice, Matter of tjie ftolls,
and Serjeants, do clearly aifarm. That the Rect^-
zance is no Breach of Privilege.
* Fib. 17, 1620, 18 "Jae. Ordered, That where
any Member of the.Houie liath.Caufc of Privilege to
flay any Trial, a Letter fball ilTuc utider Mr. Spcaii-
cr's Hand /or ftayjhg thercDfy without furtbci Motiod
in the Hpufe. " ,
* March iy 1629. Kefolvfd that the former Cowfe
of writing.^ Letters to the Juflices of Affirt Diaftb*'
obfervcd according to, Precedents; and, .if retfuin^,.
a Warrant for Inhibition to the Party fhall 6e ii6«ed :
And all thcfe to be refolved by theHoufc."
" _ 'Aiprcb 15, i,62e...?>efo1t;e^ Th^t no PrDto^ops
, ^, ■ V granted by any i Service Ijeifig the 6nlJ.PriviIfg»>
,'.„■ inuls Jloufc, ■" ■ ,- .
* Aierch
A .P P E N D I X. '319
*Afarch2i, 1610. Rc'roIvedjThatiioProtefliom, '
yflder any Man's Hand of this Houfe, is gixxl,
*ykHt 1,1611, igjac. Ordered, upon Qucftioi^
That in Cafe of any Arreft, or any DiftreGi of Qoods,
rcrving any Procefs, Citation for his Perfon, drreft-
ing his fierfon, ftaying him in any Court, or break- '
ing any other Privilege of this Hoyfe, a Letter fliall
Ifiiic under Mr. SpeaKer'i Hand for the Parties Rc>
^ief therein, as if the Parliaoaent ifcre fitting; and
the Party refiffing to obey il, to be cenfiired aC next
Meeting.
' '' Nov. 20, 1621. Refolvcd, by the Bonki That
all Proteftions, granted 'by any Member of this
floufe to any, not his menjiN Servant or Attendant,
are vdid ; and ordered. That if any Ihair hercafccc
avow any fuch Protections ynl awfully given, drOulI,
after thi? Timo, give any, Oiall incur the Cuifiire of
^beHoufe. ' " ■' .' •
* Pri.i^, 1625, I Car. Sir Jtibn Fiacb reported
that the (kimmittee are of Opinion, That Sir.7%0-
mas Badgt'i Man (hall be delivered 'hy Haiiat Cer-
fiu frQtn this Houfe ; upon ih'c'Qu^ftion,' a Warrant ^
ordered accordingly.
* The Houfe decfared. That, notwiihfianding the
faid Opinion of the Committee, the Houfe hath a
t*ower, when they fe^ Caufe, to fend the Serjeants
{mnediatcly to deliver a Priibncr,
\ Feb,. Z2i l(>zj, ^Car. RefoI«td,'upoi^ QuCi-
ftton. That every Member of this Houfe is, /luring
the Time of Privilege of Parliament, to have Privi-
lege for his Goods and Eftate.
* jlui- 17, 1641, P. M. To let the Lords ilnder-
Rand, That the Conviflion of divers Rcculants has
fceen hindred, under Pretence of Privilege of Parlia-
ment 'roni their LordChips ; and to declare unto their
Lordftiips, That the Oj>inionof this Hodfe is. That
no Privilege of Parliament ought to he allowed in this
<;afe for thefe Reafons,.' Firji, Privilege of Parlia-
ment is not to be allowed in cafe of Peace, if Peace
be required. Secondly, It is not to be allowed againft
any Indiilment for Sny thing done out of Pa|rlia-
inent. ThirMj, It is not to be alloWei- in oafcof .
I>d 3 public
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^p A P P E N: D I X.
Soblic. Service fo[:theCoDiiDOnwc:tltI}i ^ur tbaf it
lufl not be ured for the Danger of the Common-
wealth.' Fturthlj, It is. in the PowM of thi*' Parlia-
ment, and dotl) not bind ttie Parliament itrdr, (^
that their Xordfliips may withdraw their own Prjvlr
)tge as they fee Caufe; an^ therefore to declare,
Tiuti in thefe two Cafes, of difarming of Recufants
' and convifiing of them, no Privileg? of Parliainent
ought to bi; anowed.
* ^g. 28, 1641. The Houfe doth dtelarr* Tb2t
sH Men ought to pay, the Rates chargeable upoq
,theai, by the A^ifo^Fol) Bionf|y, notwithflnndin'gj
any pretence of Privilege, or Letters Patent, of Eijj-;
eniiption whatfoever,
* Jpril 14, 1648. Ordered, That upon every
Action or Suit, commenced before the Lo{d$ Coni-
inliEonert of the Great ^eal ai Enghnd, or in an;
of the Courts at W^mlnfttr^ againft any MejCnbers
, of Parl^amoHt, the faid Lords Commiffioners, Judges,
and Barons of theleveral Courts refpe^tively, or any
pf theilt, (hall, by writing finder his or their Hait4
^d Seal, give Kotice thereof tQ pvery fucli Member j
whereupon the Member is enjoiivd to give Appear-
imce, and proceed as other Defendants, in cafe o(
like Suits or A^i^ns, ought to do ; and, in Default^
thereof, both their J^Hates and Perfons (hall be liable
fo any Proceeding, ,in {«aw or Equity, as, other
^embers of' this Commonwealth.
* W)u. ^5,,i66o. R'efnlved s,nd declared > by tfe*
Commons alTembled in Po(Iiarnent^ That the Privi-
lege of iliis Houfe, in Point of Proteaions from Ar-
l^it dotb beloRgtotheMcpibersof this Houfe, ^nd
their menial Servants only, and to (he Officers at-
tending the Service of the floufe ; and that all Fro-
teflions in Writing, granted by any Member of
ihii Houfe, to any Perfon whatfoever, be fo^thwitb
called in, and arc hereby declared to he null and
void \ and all Perfons whom this may concern aie
required, upon all Occafions, to talcc Noticf of the
Privilege belonging to the Members of this Houfe.
* Rdblved, 'I'hat this Oidp be foilbviih printed
and publifbed-
...Cioogic
A. P P E N p I S;. jai,
* Niv. 25, )66i. Refolyed, tqxin the Q|ucftion,
That no Member of this Houfe do grant kny PrO'
teftion to any but fuch only as arc their menial Ser-
vants i and that all ProtcAloiu already granted Va
any o^cr Perfons beAdei menial Servants^ be forth'
with primed and publiflied.
* This Order revived Ptt. 18, l66a { UiJ Aprif
5, 1670.
* Ntv. a8, 1661. Thh Houfe takim into fiirthtf,
Debate the great Griev^ncei' of the People, ocsa-
lt6hed by Prot^iont, refolved. That all Protc^ions,
and written Certificates of the Member* of this Houfe,'
be declared void in Law, and be forthifith withdrawa
andcallfd in, and that none be gn^ltad for the futurtij
and that (he Privilege of Membeii, for their menial
Servahts, be obferred according to Law ^ and if ahj
menial Servant fhall be arrefted and dftainedji con-
triry td Privilege, he Ihall (upon Complaint thereof
nude) be difcharged by Order from the Speaker.
* Ordered, That this Order be forthwith piintW
and publifliea.
■' * Revived A^il a. and D^c. 19, 1^0.
,•/>*. 7, 1677.' Tile (am? brdcr, with this Addi-
tion, f/z. after, _/ir the future, add, And ihat if any
fliall he grahtcd, by any Member, fuch Member fiiaH
be liable to the Cenfure of the Houfe.
- * Ori^rcd, Th^t thii be declared to be a Standing
Order (^ tiie Houfe,
* Ordered, That thefc Orders, againft written
Protefiiops, be publilhed., by fctting them up at
Wtnmnfitr Hall Gate, and at the Inns of Courts
ana Inns of Chancery* and at the Exchequer ; and
^33i the Knights of the Shires do fend Copies there-
of to the Sheriffs of their refpe3ive Counties, an4
the BurgoTes to their rcfpe^ive Boroughs.
* This Order revived April je, 1679. — -^an, 2^,
X^c^%,-^March 31, 1690.— i'lw. iS, 1693. — }^<tv,
30> 1605; iTid March 2<j, 1712.
* jufy 16, 1663. Vpon Infonnation, TTiatihe
^Vife of Mr, Bre^m Wiiorweod, a Member of this
floufe, having obtained a Decree in the High Court
of Chancery againfi Mr. f^herwtod, tor Alimony, in
D d 4 the.
..C'.oogic
^2i ■ APPENDIX.
AielaCeT(mcofUrurp2tion ; md be having brouglt^
his Bill of Review ta rcvcrfe tfic Decree, his Wife
claims Privilege of Parliament againfl her Hu(band,
as the Wife orjtM^'^^^''°f^cHi^>'icfCo™^°i^*
and refutieth to aiifwer.
- * Rvfolved, t^c. That no Wife^or Servant 6! any
Member of this Houfe, ought to have Privilege (^
Parliament allowed, in any Cafe, againft the Huf-
Dand or Ma^er of fuch Servant.'
* J^t(h7.'&, 1663. Rcfolyed, l^r.Tbat if any
menial Servant be arreted and detained, contrary to
Privilege, he. fhall [upon Complaint thJrreoF niadcj|
be difcharged by Order froin the SpealKr.' ,
« /)^f. 10, 1666. Refolved, is-f. That It be re-
ferred to Mr. Speaker to examine the Matter;^ and
if he find ihatWilUam yof^^s was fuitcd andartcfi-
ed, contrary to the Privilege of this Houfe, to give
Order for his Difcharge, ahd for Stay of al^ Proceed-
ings in ihe Suit.
^ « Ordered. That in all Cafet of the like t^Taltire,
vhere Servants of Meatbers are alledgcd to be ar-
relled, in Breach of Privilege, it be referred ' to Mr.
Speaker; and, if he find it fo, to giv« Order for
th(4r Difcharge, and for Stay of the Suit.
• Nev. 16, i675' The Houfe being informed
_that Sir Edmund jmnii^s't a-Membcr of this Houfe,
is made High Sheriff of the Cotjnty of Yeri ; and a
Debate ariting thereupon,. rciblved, .(^c. That it b a
Breach of the Privilege of this Houfe for any Mem-
ber thereof to be made a Sheriff during the Conti-
nuance of the Parliament; ahd that a Conynittec be
named to conCder of a propef VVa? of fupexfcding Ae
CommiI!ion^
' May 2; . 11S7J. The Houfe being infori^ed (hat
Mr, TIsan Gardiner, SoIIicitor in the Caufc concern-
ing Lindfty Lruel, was this Djy arreted as he was
coming to attend dn the Houfe, ordered. That the Pri-
vilege of the HffuCe be allowed to the faid Mr. "jfjin
Gardi'ner, and that he be difcbarged from bi^ Arrefl.
* y^n. 7, 1685. The Houfe being inft'rmed that
Sir jMniban Jtntiivgt was lately made High Sheriff
ef fertjhirfi a Debate arofe thereupon, ielbl«cd»
Nfm.
X-oogk
APPENDIX. 35j
^em. Cm. That the pominating any Member of thi;.
Hcwfe to the Kthg, to be made a Bi^l) Sheriff, is a
Breach of the' Privilege of this Houfe, ' '
* Nov. 2, 1691. Refolved^ That the Privilege
of this Houfefhall not be allowed to any Member*
thereof, ia Cafes wherein they, are only Truftec*,
a Copy of the Bill, or Declaration, being fiift left
4vith fuch Truflet;; and that the fame be »''Siu)d-
ine Order of thi* Hoi^fe^
* AReportbowth'ePriyilt^eof'tbeHoureiita^ba
legulated.
* Dk. 23, 1692. Mr. ^e£n Hew (according to
the Order of the Day) r^poned from the Committee
appointed to confider how the Privilege of this Houfe,
ii) rslatioo to Suit*- atL^v and Equity, ^ay be re-
gulated and limircd, and to report' tbf:,ir Op^njoni
therein to the Houie, That they had confidered of
^he Matter to (hem referred, and had agreed' upoi|
feveral Resolutions, which they had direded him to
report to the Houfe, and which he read in his' Place, .
Widafterwardsdelivcred in at theClerk's Tabic, where
the fame were re»4t ^"^ ^c as follow,, vix.
' * Refolvedi Tliat it i* the Dpiniop of this Cufiv-
■ ininee> That every ^dembet pf this Houfe enjoy the
Privilege of bis.Perfori, againft Arrets and Imprifonf
iheots, in (iich Manner a; Km been htircto^c ufed
.and acculfomed,
' Refotved," That it is the Opin|K)n' of this Com-
niiitce. That no Member, during the Cpniiniiance
of this Parliament, have any Privilege, i[ except per-
.fonal] againfta Commoner, in any Suit or Proceed-
ing, in Courts of Law or Equjty, for any ion^O'
;T>'iie thdp the Houfe fh'all be actually fitting, ^r
fhe Difpatch of Bufmefs,. in Parliament. Made a
Standing Order .///ff-// 17, 1609',
" ' Refolved, That it is the Opinion of thig.Com<
tnittee. That a Conimoncr has, at all Times, Lt-
berty to file an, original Bill of MiMeftx Latuat\ or
J^«« Miatui or make an Entry to fave a RigjK," ip
l>rder to prevent' a B^r, by the Statute of Limitation,
^gaifift any Member of this H^ufe, notwitIiltandii%
aiiy Privilege whatfoever,
*Re{ave(I,
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* Refidved, That it ia the OfHQion of thb Com-;
mittee. That if an^ Mtmber tbzll (upon Notice in
Writing, figned by the Plaintiff, hii or her Attorney^
vhcxi aad where to aj^ar) refufe to give an Ap->'
Aarance td any A^lioQ whatfocver fcroaght againA
, fiim by a Commoner, lit ^y Tine, (exccfA When
the Hoiife Ihall be aflusllv fitting) the Plaintiff in
fuch A^tofi, fhilt have Liberty to complun thereof^
by Petition, in (he wxt geffion of Parliament.
, * Refolved, That it U the Opitiion of thil Com-
Riittee, That a CoMinener faal, at dll Times, Libnty
to exhibit any Bill, in Equity, againft any Member
' ■ — icfi&tl ' '
bfthisHoufe to examine Withcfife thereupon, Jti or-
der only to preferve their Tcftimotiy^ hotwithftand-
Jog any Privilege whatroevcr.
* Refclved, That it JslheOpimon oT this Com-
Inittce, That noSep'aht of any MembCt Aall, at any^
Time", have any Privilege in any Suit or Proceedbig,
In Law or Equity, broilght agafnft him, exccfit only
as to the arresting ahd unprirohibg hisperloiu du-
ring the iiSual Sitti^ of Parliament for the tJifpatch
pf SufineB. '
*RefoIvccf,Thatiti»theOpintotiofthisCoinmittee,
That the Meeting of the Houfe at atiy Time, in order
only to an Adjournment or Prorogation, fli'all not be
undcrffood, or interpreted^ togivcanyotherthanper^ 1
(bnal Privilege to any Metilber agalnft a Cboimoner.
^-Refolved, Tt^rt this Houfe ^lll, upon Friday^
!^omingnext,tiike the faid Report Into Coiifideration.
Neitt Thil Report was never coni^dcred' of, or
agreed to,' by the Houfe. ''
*■ Tib. 14, 1 69+. Sir Kubard Onflow reported thr
Tame Refolutions, but nothing was . done Iberiin.
'^d;!.^!, 1694. Refolved and d^taredf That all
written Prdteftio^y, given by ai^y Member of this,
Hou^, are void } a^ agaitifl the Standing Order of
ihe Houfe. ' '
• Reiblved, That no Perfon fh'all be taken Inta
Cuftody, upon Complaint of any preach $f Privt-
tg? of this Houfe, before the Matter be firft ex-
(unincd.
*Re- '
up;z..j.,Googlc
A ? F E N D I. X. J25
^ ftelblv^ tnd dccIiH«<]» That Jbe Cud Ordtr is
not to cxteiul to sny BreaJt of PmUege upon the
Perbn of a Mcmlxr. ,
* Revived JVw, «» i^QS-
* Ntv. 30, 169^ Rcrolved, Ntm^ Cm. That qft
Member of ihis Houfc, duiing the Con'tinuaDce of
■this Parliament, has any Privil^e (except for.hu
Perfon pnly) igunft.>t>7 Commoner, .in 1x17 Suit
or Proceedings, In Courts of Law or %£quity, /or
toy Huiger' Ttafc than thp Houfe &all be adually
fitting, for X)ifpat9h of BiuGneft, in Parliament. Tp
t» conunuoicated to th^ Lords at a Conference
* Reriwd Jan. 7, 1697. — iitv. 14* 1699. — Jaiu
jZt 1708. Made a Standing Order ^H 17,
16991, and Fth. 13, 1 700.
* Declared and refolved, That no Member of this
Houfe hath any Privilege againll Payment of any
Aidt, Supplies, or Taxes granted to his Majefiy,
IjT any Pwilh Dutirt.
* Jpril i^y 1607. Kcfolvcd, That no Member «f
.^id^fe hath WW Privilege in cafe of Breach of the
Peace, or forcible ^nniej, or forcible Detainers. 1
* Dk. 12, 1698, Rcfclved, That 00 Pcrfiwj Ik
fafceo into CuRody of the Sc^eant at Arms, upoq
My Com|d&int of Breach *^f Privilc^ei until the Mat-
ter of fucb Complaint has been c;[apiined, by tilfe
Committee of Privilege, and repprtetf to the HovCf.
r— fievjypJ W«/. 16, 169Q. . j,,
' Refqlvcd» That no MemtM^', have privilege of
Pailtamcnt, fn any Cafe, wherein hf, is onljr ji
.Tfuftoc. — I^cvivpd Ntv. 16, 1699. . ; .,
* Declared a Standing Order N911. ^\^ 1704*-
* Ntv. 27, 1691;^ Refolved, Th^ no Member
c^ thjs iioufe, a&ihg as a public 0%cr, hath iiiff,
Privilege of ' Parliamenr, touching any MaUcr done
jn Execution of his Office.
' 7^^- 31*1718. The StandlngOrder of the ttMifc
' ortne 23d of jfanuery, 1 ff'iiliain and Mary^ rela-
ting to Prote^iont and written Certificates, ^ven hy
Members of tbi) Houfe, read : And iht Hou& be-
ing moved, That the fiid Order may bVamended,
ai^ made more cfFe^uali ordered, ^tm. Ciai^ That ' v
' a
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326 APPENDIX.
all Protefii<»t9, an<l writtAi CcftiGcatcs of the Mcm-
iwrs of this HduTe* be declareil void in Law, and be
forthwijth withdrawn and called in, and'tlia't none b^
granted for the future i and if any Qiall lie granted
by any Member, fuch Member* fliall niake &tiifa^-
tion to the PahyiniuTcd, and fliall be liat^ to the
Cenfure of die Houfe.
* Offered, That tl^e faid Order be dedared to be.
a Standing Qrdfr' of tjie Houfe;
' * Ordered; That tliis OwJer be piibEOied, by fel;-
tlng'iip the fame ih the Lobby ; at the Houfe Door;
at ^tftimnflir Hafl Gate, and at the fevcral Court*
"in Wefimnjier Hall j at the' InpsV of Courts and
Tniis of Cnance'ry^i at i\x Rnol Exfhdt^t; and at
die two poimiters in Lv^ •' And ^hat iRe Knights
' arid Commiffloners of the Shires do fetid Copies (here-
of to the Sherifis- of their refpcfllve Counties and
^ires I ah<^ the Citizens to their rcTpcSive Cities j
and the Burgcflct,, >nd Co^tniffioners of Burghs, to.
dieirrefpefliveBwoughE. '' .'
■■ * Nev. i6« 1722. Rcfolved, XW. Cwi. That no.
Co-partner, in any Trade or Undertaking, is tnti-
'tled to the Privilege of this Houfe,' in reipe^ of aaj
'Matter relating to fuchCo-partnerfhip. '
' *. <lt4arch 10, I739- The Standing Qrder of the
Houfe made the 3 m Day of January^ 1718, That
atf I'rotedJons,- and written Cckificatcs of the K&m-^
. bers of this Houfe, be declared void.ih La^,'and b^
nirthwith tvitbdraWn and called in, and that noqe lie,
^t;antid 'for the future ; and that, If any Aiall' 119!
f ranted by atiy Member, fucb Member wall inak^
atisfa£{ioti to the Party injured, and Qiall be liable
to the Csnfure of thb Houfs ; and alfo the Orde'r of ■
' the Hotife, mide the fame Day, for publiflung the'
(aid Standing Order, wa« read.
* An.d the Jqumal of the^ Houle of the i8di of
■ ftiruerj, '1723, In relation to an Order of this Houfc,
' for re-prlntiitgandpubllfhing the faid Standing Order,
, iras alio read.
, ' Ordered, Nim. Can. That the Standing Order
be i:e-printcd and publifhcd, by fetting Op the fame
in the Lobby; at the Houfe Door; at H^ijiminfttr
Hall
A P P B N D I X. 327
^a)l Uate, and at the Tereral Courts in Wtftm*f^
Hall ; ami at the Inns of Coufts, and Inns of Qian-
cery \ and at ttie Rtjal Excbangt; and at the C»0
Compters in Lcnd»n ; and on the Walls within tbt;
Seffions-Houfi; at Edinburgh ^ and that a Copy 01^
the faid Order be feht to the Clerk of the Peace for
every Couniy, Cii y. Riding, Liberty, Divifion, and
Place within that Part of Grtat-Britain called Ei^-
lind; and (othe principal CIcrlu of the SciBon in
Bdiidurgbt with Dire<aiQn» to them refpeflivc^
ibnhwiih tb deliver a Copy thereof to the Sherifis
atid Stewards of ttwir refpeflivc Counties, Shires*:
Stewardria, Cities, Liberties, and Places: And ib-
yearly to every new SherifF, or Steward^ witliin one.
Week after he fhall have been fworn inro his Office (.
knd all Sberi^ and Stewards of the leveral Counties*
^ires, Stewardrics, Cities and Places, widihi thit
Kingdom i And the Secondaries of the Compters in
hendaa are hereby pi-ohibited to enter in their Bookt
aiw Protc^on, or written Certificate, Cgned by iaf
Meoibcf of the l^ouie of Commons [ buV, upon fudi
l^rotefiion, of written CCrtiBcate) being dire^ed to .
them fmihwith to return the £ube to the Clerk of
this Houfe.
^ Ordered, That the Cleikof this Houfe do forth'*
with acquaint the Houfe with fuch Protc3ions, or
tfritten Certificates, asfliall be foretutned to him, if
the Parliament be then {ittingi if the Paitiament
be not fitting} within three Days after their next-
Meeting.
< Ordered, That the faid Order be « Standing
Order of this Houfe, .
' ?<ni. 29, 1740. Rflfolvedj That the bringiog
an Aflion at Law againft Jebn CtiJ^, for, what h» .
did in the Execution of his Duty, as a Conftable;
attending the Service of this Houfcy by tndeanjtir-
ing to prevent the Difotders of Chairmen, who wett
cfoiidinguport theSiairs'leading to tbc Houfct to the
Annoyance of the Memhcn mtteof^ is a fircacli of
tSe Privilege of this Houfe. '.
* April 9, 1742. A Complaint being made to the
Houfe, That Mr. Gilbtrt Deag/ai, a Sollicitor for
..C'.oqgic
3a« A ? i> fe M B t X.
fevtfai Bills depending !n this Houfr, was, upotl
Mmiaj lafl, arreftea u he was attending this
Honfc, and the fimrtiatai the Houfc of the fecohd
Day of J/.7J, 1678, (111 Matron 10 the Allowance of
fhe Privilege of this Houfe to Mr. Jthn GarSntr^ Sol-
Ilcitor in the Caufe concerning Liniftj Lipil^ vho
'was intRing to attend on the Hoale} being read, alxt
a Witnel^ was called in and examined, in order la
[irove that the faid Mr. Gilhert Dtuglai was ft) ar*
refled ; and the HouFe being informed, by fevera] of
their Member, T^t he did attend the Houfe 9
Solicitor to feveral Bills then depending, ordered.
That the Privilege of this Houfe be allawed to tho
fiid Mr. GiWtrt Dauglai; and that be be difchai^3
Uom his Arreftsi
^mtoocliiin * !^ev. 29, 1606. A fpecial Order moved and
DciDiKfv madci That no Laiwyer of the Houfe depart ihfe
!Tt"'° T°*" without Leave of the Houfe.
'.' March li, 1606. Agreed for Order, That tk»
Man fiioiitd decmt without paying the nditiary Fee
of6i. U. tothcGlerk. '
'"/rt.rj, 1620, 18 Jtff. Ordered, That no
Member of this Houfe fball go out of Town with*
oiit open Motion and Licence in the Houfe after
Nine of the aock.— After Ten o'clock, Afay 17, _
l'67j. — /ifw. i8» 1675J andtFii. aa, 1676.
* /fug. 4, 1623, 4 Car. Refolved, That all the
Mctnben of the Houfe ffaall attend, and not depart
without .Licence abuincd from the Houfe, upoa
Pafn of thcCenfure thereof.
* .Revived /*i. 9, i627» 4 Cur.
- * Feb, 13, 1625- Ordered,- Tliat no Lawyer, or
other Member of this Houfe, &al] depart without
Licence Rrfl obtained in the Hotffc, by Motion madp-
after Nine crOoct. '
■ » Revived .4.^;/ 5, 1616. — Fe$. 0, 1627. — Jfrilio,
1677, and March lO, 1S40, — OnTcred to be between
Nine and Eleven o'Clock, Aug^ 27,1641. — After-,
wards Ten and Eleven o'Clock^ .^ri/a4, 1648. —
Afterward! between Eleven and Twelve o'Clock,
A-!Jy »o", l^lZ.—jfpril 29, 1690.— Aftcrwardi be-
'4 incco
c. -...Google
^A P P E N D r X. 3J9
■tween Htfen indOrte o'CIock, Dec. 1$, 1691. —
■■X>«. 13, rtga. — Hk. 4, 1694. — JiiK. 12, and
J*«*. 15, 1694.— Tl/d. II, and A*. 15, 1695. —
Mv. 1, 6) 16, and 25, 1696. — Between One and
Twoo'Cteclc, 7"' 5» 1698.— A/j; 31, 1701*—
•Maji I, I71IJ aoA Mxj 30, J713-
*A^ 20,1667. Ordered, That no Motion^ fbt
Leave for anjr Pcribn to eo into the Country^ be
'moved for til! after Ten o'clock. ...
' Revived J^U i, 1679. — Between Ten and
TVelve o'CIock, jfyril 10, and 25, 1679, with
thb Addition, Bcfcnt for in Cuflody of the Serjeant
^t Arms attending this HoiHe ; and (hall not be ad-
mitted 10 their Places in the Haufc till ihc/ havd
p^d the Serjeant hii Fen and Charges. The (atnC
'Dec. 15,1692. — ydn.^T, 1693.— &r. 20, 1694. —
yan. 23, 1694. — Alartbzg^ 1711.-^/^23, 1722;
ttaijMH. 21, 1724.
■*JUarcb i6t 1688. Ordered, Thai, for the fiiture,
ho Member of thi< MauTe have Leave to go into the
Country without luniting 1 Time when be ia to
teturm
* I?ei, s6, 1699. Ordered, Tliitt no Motkip be
lAade for any Melnber to have Leave to go out of
Towh{ bat when the Member^ for whom Leave '
fliall be alkcd, be in the Houfe, except in cafe of
Eidcncrs, to be affirmed by th? Mbmber that fiutl
make fiieh Motion,
* Oidet for the Speaker to write circular Letter*
to runmions the Meoiben, the Form of dicai. May
31, lyor.
* A^. II) 170S> Ordered, That 00 Motion be
admitted for aiiy Member to go out of Town ; and
tfoat no Member do prefume to go out of Town, up*
tHi Pain of being fetit for, in Cuftody, by tbe Ser*
^ant at Arms attending this Hbufe.
* Oa. 17, 1680. Refolved, Mm. Gw. Tbat it is ^^^
tnd ever hath been, the Undoubted Right of the Sub- Kt^c"5l SJ-
fefls of Englani/t tb pctitioa the King for the Cal- litmoitt.
iing and Sitting of Parliaments, and redrefling of
Oriennces.
•Re.
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< R^rolved, Nem. Cm. Tba« to traduce (uch p^
tioning as 2 Violation of Duty, and lo reprcmit it
to bis MaJeAy as {editioifs and tumultuous, is.^
betray the Liberty of the SuE^cft; and, contributes tb -
the Defigni of fubverting the anticnt legal Confliin-
, lion oT this Kix^dom, and iiitro^ing aibttnr/
Powen .
<M^t,>,US»t *0^-i5. ;U»* Ordercdj That the iioufe bp
D^tuluri, Ml called on Friday come Sq'nnight ; and that fucb
duCtUt^Mmi- Members as are thcji abfcnt diatl undergo fuch FiiVt
™ 'S"lii and further Oifideaiure of the Houle, is fhall be irii^
Dclat^ Vf. pofcd upon thenvfor their Negle^.
* March 28,, 166^. Refolded, fcff. That the Pe-
nalty of 10/. for A FiDC, be impqfed for every Knigbt
of a Shire i a^d 5?. on ey^y Citizen, Butgcfs, or
, Baron of a Cinque Port, who Qiall maltc Uefault in
attending when the Houfc is next called over, whole
Excufc uuUh not be allowed of by the Houfe.— ^.To
be f^nt for, inCuftody «;(Fthe ^jcant, Mo. 6, 1666.
' Dm. 15, i566. @rdered. That fuch that arc
fent for in Cuftody be not admitted to At till tbejr
have paid tbeir Fees. '
* Def. 17, ]66$. Ordered, That the Clerk take
Care the Order, for calling the Houfc in "Jataittry
next) be printed in the next Thurfda^'i Gaxtttt.
* Die. i 3, 1666. Ordered,. That fuch Memben
of the Houfe as do depafc into the Countty, without
Leave, be feoi; for in CuA^dy of the Serjeant at
Arms. .... ,.-.''
' Revived May 11, 1689. — Veo. a8, 1689; and
Dtc 3, r690- , ■
' F(b. 13, 166;. Reftflved, iSt. That every De-
faulter in Atteitdance, whofe Excufe fhall not be al-
luwed this Day, be fined the Sum of 40/. and fent
for in Culiody, and coiiuniited 10 the Tower till the
Fine be paid.
• Rcfirivcdji^*-. That every. Member as fliall de-
fen the Service pf thc-Hcufc V the Space qf three
"' Days together, not having, had I^ave granted bin
hy the Houfe, nor offering fuch fufficient Exculc to
the Houfe as fliall be allowed, Iball have the like
Fine
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fine 0^40/. impofed on them, and Qiall be lent for
in Cuftody, atid committed to the Tower ; and tbtt
the Fines be paid into the Hands of the Seneant at
Anm, to be difpofed of as the Houfe (hall direft.
.'Topay a Fineof 10/. Aprils, 1668.
« Vfc. 20, 16701. Refolvcd, £?f. That the Houft
Iw called over on the 9ih Day of January next |
and that every Member who {hall then make De*
feult of Attendance, wbofe Excufe fhall not be al<-
lowed by the Huufe, fliall be doQbly stSeHed in the
Bill of Subfidics. This Order to be fent to the
iieveral Sherifis.
*Nev, 23, 1691. Ordered, That all Memben,
fent for in Cultody of the Serjeant at Arms attend-
ing this Houfe, do forbear coming into the Houfe,
without.the Leave of the Houfe firft had.
' Jeit. 25, 1709^ Refolved, That fuch Members
of this Houfe, who do abfent themfelvca without
the Leave of the Houfe, are to be reputed Deferters
of their Truft, and Negleders of that Duty they
owe to this Houfe and their Country,
* Nav. 6, 1666. Ordered, That fuch Members Membnt «f At
<^ this Houfe, as are of the Long Robe, (hall not ^'','f'J^"
be of Counfel on either Side in any Bill depending i,t^>, B„ !„
in the Lords' Houfe, before fuch Bill ihall come*nrCn>le,«iiA-
down from the Lords' Houfe to this Houfe. t^^SSS
* Nev. 10, 1669. Refolved, 7'hat no Member tfae Lotdi m
of thii Houfe, of the long Robe, do, during ihis Sumim™ with*
Seffion of Parliament, plead as Counfei before the*""^"-
Houfe of Lords in any Caufe, without Leave aUced
and granted by this Houfe after Ten o'Clock.
* 7""* 3' ^^75- Ordered, That no Member*^
this Houfe do attend ihc Lords Houfe upon any
Summons from the Lords, without Leave of the
Houfe.
* J^K. 7, 1693, 5 Gtti. Ordered, That no Mem-
ber of this Houfe do prcfi'me to plead at the Bar of
the Houfe of Lords, without Leave firft obtained
' from this Houfe, and to be moved for between the
Hours of Eleven and One o'Clock. .
* Revived Dec, 20, 1695.
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53» A i- P, E N B,! X.
*jfpril 11, i6Q5- A Mcffkge frotn Ae Lords,
That Sir RebertC&yien and Mr, Maurite may have
l/cavc to declare their Knowledge, in Tclation to a
Grant of Lands from the City of Lendin. l«ave
fivcn i and ordered. That Sir Rsitrt Ciayiah and
it. Mauricf do infift to be examined at a Commit-
tee of Lords, and not at the Bar.
* Nov. 27, 1704, 3 AfHut. RdbWed, Thalwlicn
Leave is aflcpd for any Member of this Honfc to at-
tend attheBaroftheHoufe of Lords, the Caufe and
■v 'Pirdes be cxprefled, and whether upon a Wiit df
Error or au Appeal.
< Refolved, That this Houfe will not eive Leave
to any of their Members to plead at the Bar of the
'Lords' Houfc in Cafci of Appeals' from Courts c€
Equity.
Metnben i\t- * Nav. 12, 16+0. Mr. Wati'iitg, a Member of
AtiWi ihe the Houfc, difobeying the Houfe, being fevcral Times
B«ife "^"■"■commanded to withdraw, was thtreforc called to the
Bar, and upon his Knees fubmltted himfclf to the
' Cenfure of the Houfe.
wonbwsgonew f Marrb 22, 1620, 18 7«. P.M. OiderftJ,
fc^i'f.Sr '^f'^f the Serjeant at Arms fhal! go to the Upper
Houfe, and charge all the Members of this Hoiifc
that arc there prefently to repair into this Houfe,
to attend the Speaker into the Upper Houfe, .upon
Penalty of tlie Ccnfotc of this Houfe.
Msmbeo nrtw « />3, ,^ [ft^.^. Refolded, Wf. That this Houfe
^fit^orcign Ml- ^^^^ declare, That it is a conftam and antlent Rule
- ' and Order of this Houfe, That no Member of this
Houfc ought to receive, or give any Vifit to, any
foreign Agent or Ambaflador, or any other Perfm
that avows himfclf to be a. public Agpnt or Amba^-
.' dor, without the Leave and Confcm of 1^ Houfc.
Who may not be "* Oit. 13, 1553. It IS Ordered by the Commince,
Wnniieoof thisXhat Jlexaetiir Newell, being a Preberidary in
Houfc Ip^e/imtpjitr, and thereby having Voice in the Cofe-
vocatioa>
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ifacatign-Hour?, majr uot lie a Me^hier ; and lb
agreed by the Uoufe.
* Ffb:e, 16m, j8 Jtu. ELefoivej, upon the <;^e-.
-ftian, Tkat tKc Oxdct tb,e (aft Mcet^ In Parlia-
ment, concerning the not ferving of the Attortwy-
- .G'eoati in this Houlev lull Rani as ^ new Writ 1
■ifo' a Acv Witt atictbi tar Marptth in the room of
^ Miniller returned.
. / iVao. 9, ib^o. Ofida'ad, upon the Q^ieftjont
'I'hatall ProjeiEtors and uniawhil Monopolies what-
foever ; or that have any .Share, or lately had any
' '^Sfaare, in any MoQCpdies t or that do MfeiVe any
Benefit Trom nay ^unopoly or ProjeiS ; ot- that have
Ixocund any Warrant or Command fir the Rc-
Araiiitt or molefting of any that have refilled to
tooioTTD tAemielyxs to any fuch Proclamations or
Projcd, are difabledj by Order of this Houfe, to fic
Iterc in this Houfe ; and if any Man knows any Mo-
nopqlift, that hj: fball nominate hiral.
^ Nwi, 10, 1707. This Houfe beiQg moved.
That feveral Claufes in the k€t of the fifth and Tixib ,
Years of her Majejly'd Reign, intituled, An A^ far
tbihttttr StcuTttycfhtr Mojtjiy'i Pirfin and Gwtrti'-
ttunt, and of the Succeffinn cf tbt Crown if England
in the Preitfiant Line, rdating to tbt difaUing fiVtral
Vffictrt IS fit In Parliament, might be read, and the
-lame vas read accordingly.
» RejTutvcd, That every Pcrfoti who, by an hQ of
the firA Scflkm of thclaft Parliament, intituled, An
Ad ftr the bitl$r Suurily »f her Majcjiy'i Prrftn
and Governineni, and ef tht Succejjion of ihi Creuiit
ir/ England in tht Prtlejiont Lint, is dif^bled, from
and aticr the Difiblutinn or Determination of the faid
Parliament, lo Jitor vote as a Member of t